December 10, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 3.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 50º F, skies were cloudy with rain falling, and winds were 3 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.21"" since yesterday morning. (29.50 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the upper 30's and the high will be in the upper 50's and the temperature will fall throughout the day. Skies will be cloudy, and winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers, with the rain mostly ending before 9AM.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 32ºF. The temperature dropped during the day and was 34ºF at 6 PM. 

                     

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 10th the low was 24º F, the high was 39º 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)   49ºF          30ºF

Record (KBWG)   74°F (1971)   -7°F (1917)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/9/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.24" at Springfield. There were 300 reports from Tennessee. 
The most most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 2.25" at Westmoreland.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 7126 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.24" at Springfield, Tennessee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 13.0" at Princeton, Minnesota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Winthrop, Washington.