December 22, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 21º F, skies were clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.35" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the low 20's and the high will be in the mid 40's. Skies will be clear with winds from the west at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 20ºF and the high was 45ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 22nd the low was 39º F, the high was 47º F, and 0.02" 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)   66°F (1941)  -14°F (1989)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/21/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.62" at Ten Mile. There were 300 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.93" at Westmoreland.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8143 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.11" at Bridgeville, California.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
California - 4
New Hampshire - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 21.9" at Traverse City, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 23.1" at Trinity Center, California.