January 13, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.39" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 63º F, skies were cloudy with a sprinkle, and winds were 1 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                     

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 30's and the high will be in the mid 60's.  Skies will cloudy with a near 100% chance of showers or a thunderstorm.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 65ºF. There were showers all day and a couple of thunderstorms. The temperature dropped in the afternoon from around 60 to the mid 30's.
                                                                                                                                                                 

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 13th the low was 20º F, the high was 31º F, and 0.09" of precipitation (0.6" of snow) 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 (1907)  -12°F (1918)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/12/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.13" at Pulaski. There were 357 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.43" at Gallatin.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8701 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.41" at Russellville, Arkansas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
Arkansas -1
Missouri - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 11.0" at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The most snow reported on the ground was 81.0" at Soda Springs, California.