April 27, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 2.38" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 48º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was +0.29" since yesterday morning. (29.97  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

                                            

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the east northeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 72ºF.

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                                

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                           

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 27th the low was 56º F, the high was 69º F, and 0.67" 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)   72ºF            48ºF

Record (KBWG)   90°F (1989)     31°F (1946)

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.

4/26/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.73" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 307 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.59" at Westmoreland. 
                                                                                                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.82" at Amarillo. There were 563 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                             

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.57" at Battle Creek. There were 172 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.2" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.25" at Buchanan.
                                                                                                                                                                  

So far 7997 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.38" at Port Orford, Oregon.
                                                                                                                                                                  

Reports of 4" or more:
Oregon - 1                  
                                                                                                                                       

The most new snow reported was 1.0" at Soda Springs, California.

The most snow reported on the ground was 52.0" at Soda Springs, California.