October 18, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.65" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, skies were partly cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.15" since yesterday morning. (29.53 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be west northwest at 5-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph.

The low today was 48ºF and the high was 66ºF. It was clear or mostly clear most of the day, though there were some clouds in the mid afternoon to make it partly cloudy for a while.
                                                                                                                                                                
Friday

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 18th the low was 46º 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)   71ºF          46ºF

Record (KBWG)   88°F (1963)   27°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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/17/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Cleveland and Dunlap. There were 293 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.27" at Corpus Christi. There were 794 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.45" at Houghton. There were 167 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8381 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.30" at Lake Park, Minnesota.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
None
                                                                                                                                                                

The most new snow reported was 2.6" at Soldotna, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 3.0" at Soldotna, Alaska.