June 15, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 66º F, it was clear, and winds were 2 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.03 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 low 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.

The low today was 63ºF and the high was 90ºF. Noticed on the way home that there had been rain in Bethpage about 15 miles away, nothing here.
                                                                                                                                                           

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 80's with mostly clear skies.There is a 10% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.
                                                                                                                                                          

Sunday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 15th the low was 62º F, the high was 76º F, and 0.06" 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)   85ºF          63ºF

Record (KBWG)   100°F (1894)  48°F (1927)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

6/14/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.04" at Brentwood. There were 253 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.87" at Jasper. There were 587 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.22" at Bedford.
                                                                                                                                                

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at Marquette and Ontonagon. There were 127 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7096 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.87" at Jasper, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more -
none

                                                                                                                                                         

No new snow was reported.
The most reported on the ground was 1.0" at Soda Springs, California.