October 17, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 52º F, skies were mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday morning. (29.68 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 clear skies. There is a 70% chance of thunderstorms or showers tonight.

The low today was 51ºF and the high was 74ºF. There was a thunderstorm around midnight and a little later.
                                                                                                                                                                
Thursday

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

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies.                                                                                                                                                                                               

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 17th the low was 54º F, the high was 74º 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)   71ºF          46ºF

Record (KBWG)   90°F (1917)   29°F (1948)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/16/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.17" at Cleveland. There were 307 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.03" at Eagle Pass. There were 709 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.49" at Alpena. There were 169 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8731 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.51" at Brookings, Oregon.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Oregon -3
                                                                                                                                                                

The most new snow reported was 1.3" at Soldotna, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Anchorage and Soldotna, Alaska.