August 24, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 63º F, skies were partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south southeast at around 5 mph in the afternoon.

The low today was 62ºF and the high was 87ºF. 
                                                                                                                                                                
Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies.   
                                                                                                                                                          

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 24th the low was 67º F, the high was 93º 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          65ºF

Record (KBWG)   103°F (1943)  50°F (1923)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

8/23/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookeville. There were 259 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.85" at Bayou Vista. There were 616 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.06" at Chatham. There were 146 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7884 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.30" at Emerald Isle, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more -
none

                                                                                                                                                           

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