September 30, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 50º F, skies were partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.12" since yesterday morning. (29.80 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be northeast at around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of rain after 1 AM tonight.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 72ºF. It was mostly cloudy or cloudy all day. There was rain sometime after midnight.
                                                                                                                                                                
Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                            
Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 30th the low was 46º F, the high was 67º F, and a trace 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)   77ºF          52ºF

Record (KBWG)   95°F (1953)   33°F (1949)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

9/29/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.44" at Elizabethton. There were 296 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.50" at Westmoreland.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.87" at San Angelo. There were 1089 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.68" at Southlake.                                                                                                                                                                               

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 126 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7659 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.87" at San Angelo, Texas.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Texas -39

                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported reported was 6.7" at Anchorage, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 6.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.