October 8, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 45º F, skies were cloudy, 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 low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be southwest at round 5 mph.

The low today was 41ºF and the high was 59ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                
Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies.Patchy frost early is possible.
                                                                                                                                                            
Wednesday

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 clearing to clear skies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 8th the low was 52º 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)   74ºF          49ºF

Record (KBWG)   93°F (1916)   23°F (1889)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/7/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.04" at Loretto. There were 322 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin, Goodlettsville, and Hendersonville.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.05" at Del Rio and Rocksprings. There were 568 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Hurst and Mansfield.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.51" at Scottville. There were 140 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.2" at Gaylord and Mancelona.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.18" at Stevensville.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7435 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.52" at Stuart, Florida.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                                

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Enders Nebraska, Haxtun Colorado, and Holyoke Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 5.0" at Holyoke, Colorado and Red Lodge, Montana.