August 8, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.92 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

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

The low today was 66ºF and the high was 90ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                
Thursday

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

Friday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the  mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 PM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 8th the low was 72º F, the high was 91º F, and 0.08" 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)   90ºF          67ºF

Record (KBWG)   109°F (1930)  52°F (1989)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

8/7/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.01" at Petros. There were 312 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Bethpage.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.35" at Brownsville. There were 578 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.07" at Fort Worth.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.99" at Houghton. There were 154 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7977 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.41" at Ozark, Alabama.

Reports of 4" or more -
Alabama - 3
Florida -3
Georgia - 1

South Carolina - 1

                                                                                                                                                         

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