July 14, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.66" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.00 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 upper 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph. There is an 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 83ºF. There were some good showers in the morning and a couple of light ones in the afternoon, with some partly cloudy skies mixed in.
                                                                                                                                                         
Sunday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                          

Monday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the low 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 14th the low was 71º F, the high was 90º 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)   105°F (1936)  50°F (1975)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/13/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.48" at Pikeville. There were 350 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.76" at Westmoreland.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 7.30" at Hockley. There were 743 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.18" at Buchanan. There were 141 reports from Michigan
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.18" at Buchanan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8013 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.30" at Hockley, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more -
Texas -7
Arkansas -1
Tennessee -1

                                                                                                                                                         

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