September 28, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 64º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.95 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 upper 70's with cloudy skies. Winds will be west northwest at  around 5 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms today.

The low today was 62ºF and the high was 74ºF. There were a couple of showers in the morning, and it was partly cloudy by late afternoon.
                                                                                                                                                                
Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies.
                                                                                                                                                            
Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly clear skies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 28th the low was 56º F, the high was 76º 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)   78ºF          53ºF

Record (KBWG)   95°F (1939)   32°F (1889)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

9/27/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.45" at Paris. There were 256 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Portland and Westmoreland.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.24" at Canyon. There were 611 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Marquette. There were 140 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8109 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.39" at Mustang, Oklahoma.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Oklahoma -2

                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported reported was 0.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
No snow was reported on the ground.