April 25, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 53º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.65  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 upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-15 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

The low today was 51ºF and the high was 79ºF. At 6:30 PM the temperature was 72ºF, it was partly cloudy, winds were 3 mph from the northeast, there was 0.20" of rain in the gauge, and the barometer read 29.62".
Thursday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Friday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 25th the low was 58º F, the high was 81º F, and 1.17" 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)  96°F (1925)    28°F (1887)

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.

4/24/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.40" at Roan Mountain. There were 276 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Jollyville and Lockney. There were 557 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                                                                                            

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 139 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

                                                                                                              

So far 7448 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.07" at Hancock, Maine.

Reports of 4" or more:
Maine - 1
                                                                                         

The most new snow reported was 11.2" at Colden, New York.

The most snow reported on the ground was 60.0" at Soda Springs, California.