July 11, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.06" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 69º F, it was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southeast at around 5 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 90ºF. It was mostly cloudy until mid afternoon when it cleared off to partly cloudy or mostly clear. There were small showers north and south of us on radar, but we missed any rain here.
                                                                                                                                                         
Thursday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the upper 70's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                          

Friday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 11th the low was 74º F, the high was 96º 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)   108°F (1901)  49°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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/10/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.76" at Friendsville. There were 363 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.43" at Portland. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.87" at Cedar Creek. There were 1015 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.55" at Mansfield.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.15" at Daggett and Ishpeming. There were 143 reports from Michigan
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8502 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.00" at Magnolia, Arkansas.

Reports of 4" or more -
Texas - 2
Arkansas - 1
Oklahoma - 1

                                                                                                                                                         

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