I woke up in the late afternoon after a rather uncomfortable overnight due to some sort of temporary intestinal problem, which has improved after a few Pepto shots.  I had a very late breakfast (in the early evening) of cereal, banana and a large cup of coffee. I also caught up a bit on email and FACEBOOK, then I talked with Tracy, Marty and Robin (face-time along with Gideon) in the late afternoon/early evening. I had a turkey breast sandwich along with some potato and orzo salads for a light late dinner.  I had some triscuits after dinner. I also had some spicy low sodium V8 before my sandwich.  Later I continued working on more “Weatherquack” items, mostly a few miscellaneous minor issues. I hope to see many of you on Weatherquack http://www.weatherquack.com real soon – it is completely free and easy to use once you complete your registration and a short ramping up period. I also drank some water from my ginormous water bottle throughout the evening and early morning hours.

We now have clear skies, dry, and comfortable conditions with temperatures in the low-mid 60s at 0455. Comfortable temperatures will return on Wednesday with highs around 80° and lows in the upper 60s. We should have mostly sunny skies with a few scattered clouds at times. Thursday warms up towards into the mid 80s with a 20 POP for showers/storms to return and mostly cloudy skies. Lows will also warm up to around 70°. Friday looks to be cloudy and rainy/stormy (80 POP with a slight risk right now for severe weather in our area) with highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 60s. My 67th birthday Saturday looks to be partly cloudy and cooler, with highs in the mid 70s and a 60 POP for rain, lows around 60° Saturday night. Sunny and pleasant conditions should return on Sunday, with highs around 80°.

On Channel 4 radar at 0458, no real rain is organized in the Eastern US at this time. The closest notable rain is over portions of the upper Midwest, in northern WI, central MN and especially in a good part of Nebraska along with inconsequential showers out in the Atlantic off of the Carolina beaches.

As of 0458 EDT, the data from the VP2 is now coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet off the ground just under and out from the balcony and the Taylor has been replaced with the Radio Shack thermometer for the time being (on the balcony – max temps especially read too high).  The data from the Lakewood Country Club WXBug station and the USG VP2 station across the street are still operating and reporting, and are as follows :

Station     Relative Location      Temp    RH    DP         BP        Wind   High/Low temp today
VP2                 Ground               66.2      87    62      30.18S     NA      78.1/66.1       

Radio Shack    Balcony                69.1                                               89.6/71.4   

There was no rain recorded today (cocorahs gauge on ground below – in between the US and State Flagpoles out a bit from my balcony)    

July precipitation is now 5.90″.

Year-to-date (YTD) precipitation total is 23.45″                                                                                               

VP2 Across the street (USG)     65.8     85    61       30.21S      NA      78.3/67.4   

There was no rain recorded in the USG gauge on Tuesday. 

WX Bug     Lakewood 4500 ft,     64      84.6  59       30.18S    NNE 4   G NNE 9     
                   140° from station                                                                78/67

The Lakewood rain gauge recorded no rain on Tuesday.

Temp on the VP2 at 2400 was 69.7 RH 80% BP 30.19R  DP 63.3 The Radio Shack thermometer was 73.0°.

Good morning from the clear, dry and pleasant Walrus early on this Wednesday.