September 23, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, skies were clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.26" since yesterday morning. (30.09 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies. Winds will be north at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 64ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                
Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 70's with clear skies. 
                                                                                                                                                            
Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 23rd the low was 50º F, the high was 69º 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)   79ºF          55ºF

Record (KBWG)   95°F (1910)   37°F (1918)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

9/22/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.19" at Ripley. There were 236 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Floresville and Pottsboro. There were 453 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.94" at Buchanan. The most new snow reported was 0.1" at Grand Junction. (This is the first snow I've seen reported for Michigan this fall.) There were 180 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.94" at Buchanan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 6628 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.02" at Frostproof, Florida.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
none

                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Mellen, Wisconsin. (This is the first snow I've seen reported this fall).
The most snow reported on the ground was 0.5" at Butternut and Mellen, Wisconsin.