December 6, 2012

Happy Birthday Allen!!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 43º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was -0.17" since yesterday morning. (29.86 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 40's and the high will be in the upper 50's. Skies will be cloudy, and winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers.
                                                                                                                                                               
 The low today was 38ºF and the high was 61ºF. There were a few periods of sprinkles or light mist.
                    

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 6th the low was 38º F, the high was 43º F, and 1.94" 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)   51ºF          31ºF

Record (KBWG)   75°F (1998)    6°F (1886)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

12/5/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.36" at Murfreesboro. There were 341 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.29" at Gallatin.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8256 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.95" at Central, Louisiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Soda Springs, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.0" at Soda Springs, California.