July 10, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.26" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 70º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were east at 2 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.92 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 69ºF and the high was 84ºF. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy all day with a shower sometime during the morning that left 0.06" of rain in the gauge.
                                                                                                                                                         
Wednesday

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

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 10th the low was 65º F, the high was 93º F, and no 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)   89ºF          68ºF

Record (KBWG)   106°F (1936)  52°F (1963)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/9/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.88" at Lebanon. There were 357 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.92" at Hendersonville. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.30" at Harwood. There were 868 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Hurst.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Garden Corners. There were 137 reports from Michigan
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8512 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.88" at Lebanon, Tennessee.

Reports of 4" or more -
Tennessee - 2
Louisiana - 1

                                                                                                                                                         

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.