January 12, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.24" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 62º F, skies were partly cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                     

Forecast

The low today will be in the upper 50's and the high will be in the low 70's.  Skies will become cloudy with a 80% chance of showers or a thunderstorm, with best chance in the afternoon.

The low today was 62ºF and the high was 66ºF. 
                                                                                                                                                                 

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 12th the low was 24º F, the high was 46º F, and 0.94" 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)   45ºF          26ºF

Record (KBWG)   73°F (1916)  -26°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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/11/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.37" at Old Hickory. There were 333 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.32" at Westmoreland.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8197 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.57" at Leland, Mississippi.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -

Mississippi - 2


                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 18.0" at Centerville, Utah.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Soda Springs, California.