December 21, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.93" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 30º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were 8 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was +0.30" since yesterday morning. (29.71 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the upper 20's and the high will be in the low 40's. Skies will be cloudy with winds from the west at 20-30 mph and gusts to 40 mph.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 21st the low was 39º F, the high was 60º F, and 0.25" of 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)   46ºF          28ºF

Record (KBWG)   71°F (1967)   -8°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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/20/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.61" at Etowah. There were 290 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.64" at Gallatin.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8818 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.23" at Nehalem, Oregon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
Oregon - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Fruitvale, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at Soda Springs, California.