January 2, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was  a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 29º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were north at 2 mph. The barometer reading was +0.11" since yesterday morning. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the mid 20's and the high will be in the mid 30's.  Skies will be partly cloudy and winds will be north at around 5 mph.


The low today was 24ºF and the high was 34ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 2nd the low was 21º F, the high was 37º F, and no 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          27ºF

Record (KBWG)   74°F (2006)   -5°F (1887)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

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

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.20" at Bartlett. There were 354 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.41" at Westmoreland.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 8556 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.00" at Galveston, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
Texas - 2
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 8.5" at Ellis, Kansas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 78.0" at Soda Springs, California.