May 26, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 62º F, it was clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.11" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the west at around 5 mph.

The low today was 61ºF and the high was 90ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 85ºF, it was clear and winds were calm and the barometer read 30.03".
                                                                                                                                                             
Sunday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.
                                                                                                                                                          

Monday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies. There is a 20% chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.
                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 26th the low was 59º F, the high was 78º F, and 1.05" 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)   80ºF          58ºF

Record (KBWG)   97°F (1911)   38°F (1925)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

5/25/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Maryville. There were 242 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Georgetown. There were 542 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                                                                                                                                

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.80" at Ontoagon. There were 153 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7380 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.83" at Iron River, Wisconsin.

Reports of 4" or more -
                                                                                                                                                    

The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Red Lodge, Montana.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 1.5" at Paisley, Oregon.