October 9, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 36º F, skies were mostly clear, there was a light frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies. Winds will be southwest at round 5 mph.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 61ºF. It was clear most of the day.
                                                                                                                                                                
Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly clear skies in the morning clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon.
                                                                                                                                                            
Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies becoming mostly cloudy in the late afternoon.  There is a 50% chance of showers Thursday night.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 9th the low was 50º F, the high was 73º 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          48ºF

Record (KBWG)   90°F (1928)   30°F (2000)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

10/8/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.76" at Manchester. There were 338 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.08" at Gallatin.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.89" at South Padre Island. There were 637 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Bedford.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.67" at Stevensville. There were 149 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.2" at Frederic.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.67" at Stevensville.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8084 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.39" at Gainesville, Florida.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Florida - 2
                                                                                                                                                                

The most new snow reported was 2.5" at Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Red Lodge, Montana.