April 20, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 52º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday morning. (29.74  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                          
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 10-15mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms this afternoon, and an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 51ºF and the high was 78ºF.    
 
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers.   
              
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies.         
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 50º F, the high was 73º F, and 0.31" of precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                  High            Low
                 ------------   ------------    
Normal (KBWG)     70ºF            46ºF
Record (KBWG)     87°F (1964)     28°F (1983

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City. The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville. (2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

4/19/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.46" at Church Hill and Gray. There were 269 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.04" at Dalhart. There were 515 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.    
                               
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.60" at Ontonagon. There were 135 reports from Michigan.   
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.10" at Watervliet. 
   
So far 7598 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.74" at Brookings, Oregon.        
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                                                                                                   
The most new snow reported was 3.0" at Crested Butte and Silverthorn, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 74.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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