July 2, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 71º F, it was clear, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 upper 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 69ºF and the high was 98ºF. There was a thunderstorm to the north of us around 5 or 6 PM and we got 0.03" of rain from it. It was the first rain since the rain I reported on 6/18.
                                                                                                                                                         
Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the upper 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                          

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the upper 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 2nd the low was 63º F, the high was 91º 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)   88ºF          67ºF

Record (KBWG)   104°F (1925)  48°F (1988)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

7/1/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 252 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.15" at Brownsville. There were 681 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
                                                                                                                                                

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 119 reports from Michigan
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 6550 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.15" at Brownsville, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more -
Texas - 5 (all at Brownsville)

                                                                                                                                                         

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