May 22, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.21" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.11" since yesterday morning. (29.86 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 70's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at 5-10 mph.
                                                                                                                                                           
The low today was 58ºF and the high was 78ºF.
                                                                                                                                                             Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies.
                                                                                                                                                          

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 80's with clear skies.
                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 22nd the low was 62º F, the high was 84º F, and 0.01" 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)   79ºF          56ºF

Record (KBWG)   96°F (1925)   35°F (2002)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

5/21/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.52" at Clarksville. There were 300 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin and Westmoreland. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.77" at Amarillo. There were 584 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                                                                                                                                

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.70" at Ontonagon. There were 177 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.80" at Stevensville.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7905 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.05" at Blytheville, Arkansas.

Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                 

No new snow was reported.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 13.0" at Soda Springs, Colorado.