April 3, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.12" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                        
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 83ºF. At 6:30 PM the temperature was 76ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 29.70".
                          
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.  
               
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms.        
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 41º F, the high was 79º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                  High            Low
                 ------------   ------------    
Normal (KBWG)     66ºF            42ºF
Record (KBWG)     85°F (1934)     25°F (1992)

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.

4/2/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.41" at Greeneville. There were 293 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.44" at Rockport. There were 655 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.56" at New Buffalo. There were 121 reports from Michigan.   
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.56" at New Buffalo. 
   
So far 7796 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.97" at Mount Washington, Kentucky.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                                                                                                      
The most new snow reported was 7.5" at Lander, Wyoming.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 79.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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