October 19, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, skies were clear, and winds were 6 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.53 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be west southwest at 5-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is an chance of sprinkles in the morning.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 59ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                
Saturday

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 19th the low was 42º F, the high was 47º F, and 0.31" 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)   70ºF          45ºF

Record (KBWG)   89°F (2005)   28°F (1895)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/18/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.82" at Middleton. There were 344 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.72" at Gallatin.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.00" at Port Arthur. There were 564 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.30" at Grant. There were 173 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.00" at Buchanan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7972 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.31" at Sun Valley, Florida.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Florida - 1
                                                                                                                                                                

No new snow was reported.
The most snow reported on the ground was 2.0" at Soldotna, Alaska.