October 5, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, skies were mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.06 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 low 80's with mostly clear skies becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds will be southwest at round 5 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms, with best chance after midnight.

The low today was 52ºF and the high was 76ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                
Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.
                                                                                                                                                            
Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 5th the low was 47º 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)   75ºF          50ºF

Record (KBWG)   93°F (1951)   31°F (1968)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/4/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Cookeville, Greeneville, Harrison, Oak Grove, Pikeville, and Sparta. There were 280 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Floresville, Leakey, Orange Grove, and Rocksprings. There were 546 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.95" at Grant. There were 152 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.05" at Stevensville.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8197 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.42" at St. Petersburg, Florida.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
none                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Neihart, Montana .
The most snow reported on the ground was 4.0" at Livingston and Red Lodge, Montana.