April 23, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 39º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were 4 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was ?" since yesterday morning. (29.77  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                          

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 62ºF. At 6:30 PM, the temperature was 54ºF, it was partly cloudy with winds from the west at 3 mph, and the barometer read 29.77".     
 
Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the Mid 60's with mostly clear skies.    

              

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.           

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 23rd the low was 66º F, the high was 82º F, and 0.03" 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)     71ºF            47ºF

Record (KBWG)     95°F (1925)     29°F (1986)

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.

4/22/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.91" at Roan Mountain. There were 258 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.04" at Gallatin and Westmoreland.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.13" at Port Arthur. There were 442 reports from Texas.    

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.    
                               

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at South Rockwood and Waterford. There were 125 reports from Michigan.   
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 

   

So far 6594 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.90" at Laurinburg, North Carolina.        

              

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 1
South Carolina - 1
                                                                                                                                   

The most new snow reported was 1.3" at Hibbing, Minnesota.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 63.0" at Soda Springs, California.