January 16, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.63" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 32º F, skies were cloudy with a sprinkle, and winds were 3 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was -0.23" since yesterday morning. (29.86 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                     

Forecast

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 34ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 16th the low was 37º F, the high was 56º 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          26ºF

Record (KBWG)   73°F (1928)   -9°F (1982)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/15/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.11" at Benton. There were 367 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.15" at Hendersonville.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 9672 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.77" at Waynesville, North Carolina.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
North Carolina - 2
Alabama - 1
Tennessee - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Sandia Park and Tijeras, New Mexico.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Soda Springs, California.