December 20, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.07" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 50º F, skies were cloudy with a light rain falling, and winds were 6 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was -0.33" since yesterday morning. (29.41 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 30's and the high will be in the mid 50's. Skies will be cloudy with winds from the west at 20-20 mph and gusts to 40 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 56ºF. It rained most of the day and the temperature dropped during the day. There were snow flurries in the afternoon and evening.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 20th the low was 42º F, the high was 59º 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          28ºF

Record (KBWG)   67°F (1949)  -10°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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/19/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Rutledge. There were 290 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8373 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.73" at Saco, Maine.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Bellvue, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 31.0" at Soda Springs, California.