December 18, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.25" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.12" since yesterday morning. (29.59 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the low 40's and the high will be in the mid 50's. Skies will be partly cloudy.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 55ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 18th the low was 26º F, the high was 52º 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)   47ºF          29ºF

Record (KBWG)   68°F (1924)   -5°F (1901)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/17/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.89" at Niota. There were 350 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.22" at Gallatin.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 9361 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.27" at Zachary, Louisiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Leavenworth, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 31.0" at Soda Springs, California.