January 11, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.14" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, skies were cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 5 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.41" since yesterday morning. (29.80 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                     

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 50's and the high will be in the mid 60's.  Skies will be cloudy with a 50% chance of showers, with best chance in the morning.

The low today was 56ºF and the high was 68ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                 

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 11th the low was 46º F, the high was 60º F, and 0.52" 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)   45ºF          26ºF

Record (KBWG)   68°F (1916)  -18°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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/10/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.21" at Rossville. There were 355 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.95" at Gallatin.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8616 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.31" at Bunkie, Louisiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
Louisiana - 11
Mississippi - 2
Texas - 2
Arkansas - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Soda Springs, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Soda Springs, California.