April 4, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.68 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 upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 81ºF.
                         
Thursday
The forecast for 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.  
              
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.        
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 42º F, the high was 71º 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)     65ºF            42ºF
Record (KBWG)     86°F (1934)     26°F (1904)

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.

4/3/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.44" at Knoxville. There were 273 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.79" at Wichita Falls. There were 590 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.36" at North Richland Hills (a 5 PM report).   
                      
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.73" at Norton Shores. There were 131 reports from Michigan.   
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.09" at Watervliet.. 
   
So far 7513 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.38" at Terrytown, Louisiana.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                                                                                                      
The most new snow reported was 18.0" at Fort Garland, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 75.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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