July 17, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 69º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.08" 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 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at around 5 mph. There is an 40% chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 69ºF and the high was 92ºF.
                                                                                                                                                         
Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the low 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 40% chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                          

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 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 17th the low was 67º 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)   107°F (1902)  52°F (1945)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/16/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.55" at Sparta. There were 286 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Portland and Westmoreland.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.80" at Jollyville. There were 861 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.58" at Fort Worth.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.60" at East Tawas. There were 131 reports from Michigan
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7897 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.80" at Jollyville, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more -

Texas -12

                                                                                                                                                         

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