April 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Nancy!!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.08" since yesterday morning. (30.00  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

                                            

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the east northeast at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 57ºF and the high was 84ºF. At 7:30 PM the temperature was 73ºF, it was partly cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 29.97".

Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                                

Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 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 29th the low was 47º F, the high was 75º F, and no 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            49ºF

Record (KBWG)   91°F (1894)     31°F (1907)

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.

4/28/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.28" at Paris. There were 241 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.06" at Westmoreland. 
                                                                                                                                                               

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 480 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                             

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.28" at Dowagiac. There were 134 reports from Michigan.  
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.25" at Buchanan.
                                                                                                                                                                  

So far 7282 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.77" at Ila, Georgia.
                                                                                                                                                                  

Reports of 4" or more:
none                  
                                                                                                                                       

The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Townsend, Montana.

The most snow reported on the ground was 14.0" at Willow, Alaska.