January 5, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 22º F, skies were mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -.03" since yesterday morning. (30.21 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

The low today will be in the low 20's and the high will be in the mid 40's.  Skies will be partly cloudy. There is a 20% chance of rain in the late afternoon and overnight. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 22ºF and the high was 46ºF,
                                                                                                                                                                   

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 5th the low was 26º F, the high was 53º 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)   68°F (1955)  -20°F (1884)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/4/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookeville. There were 280 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 7479 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.25" at Haiku, Hawaii.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
none
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Carlsbad, New Mexico and Booneville, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 75.0" at Soda Springs, California.