July 19, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 71º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were 3 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.95 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 low 90's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at around 5 mph. There is an 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 69ºF and the high was 94ºF. A line of thunderstorms came through sometime between 8:30 PM and 10 PM and there were showers and such happening when I woke up a couple of times during the night.
                                                                                                                                                         
Friday

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

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70'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 19th the low was 69º F, the high was 92º F, and 0.22" 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)   89ºF          68ºF

Record (KBWG)   104°F (1980)  54°F (2009)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/18/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.60" in Hamilton County. There were 309 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.46" at The Woodlands. There were 632 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.53" at Hart There were 166 reports from Michigan
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Niles.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7874 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.47" at Palm Bay, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more -
Florida - 1

                                                                                                                                                         

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