December 11, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.29" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 31º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was +0.33"" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 20's and the high will be in the low 40's. Skies will be cloudy clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon, and winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 25ºF and the high was 39ºF. It was cloudy all day.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 11th the low was 17º F, the high was 46º 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)   75°F (2007)    0°F (1962)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/10/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.44" at Lawerenceburg. There were 363 reports from Tennessee. 
The most most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 3.02" at Westmoreland.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8732 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.91" at Snook, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 14.5" at Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Winthrop, Washington.