Sunday continued the pattern of warm, partly cloudy skies. Temperatures rose to the upper 70s with lows in the mid 60s. Dew points reached 70° but were in the 60s most of the day. Now at 0455 we have cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 60s with dew points also in the mid 60s. No fog being observed yet but it might yet develop as it did this morning rather quickly around 0700, especially with the air and dew point temperature coming very close together. The Sunday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground below my balcony (64.9°) was recorded at 0422 while the maximum temperature (79.4°) was recorded at 1720. Dew point temps remained rather flat similar to yesterday, ranging from 64° to 71°. Relative humidity values were a bit higher than yesterday with the fog (98% – 65%). Barometric values were a bit lower than yesterday, ranging from 30.06″ at 1725 up to 30.16″ at 0951.

Remember now you can get the ground-based VP2 data on Weatherlink. You can access the data through http://www.weatherlink.com/user/walrusman444

I rose in the late afternoon in time to catch some of the Sunday NFL football action. I had a late brunch of cajun crab dip with crackers, and some leftover coffee. I talked with my friend Deb up in in NW NJ for a while about the future track of Hurricane Jose and the storms trailing behind, like Maria and Lee. And many other things we usually discuss like food and her dogs, and a new subject – music. Listened to some link tips she sent me, particularly the classical guitarist Christopher Parkening, which was a nice different treat for me. Also revisited some classically influenced groups from yesteryear like Renaissance and Jethro Tull. Nice to chat on the phone once in a while rather than chatting on Facebook or through emails. However, I still caught up some on my email and facebook messaging before dinner. I grilled a turkey pastrami, cheese, pickles and mustard sandwich on rye, along with more orzo salad. Later on I had some chocolate chip cookies for dessert. I got many items down to the trash/recycling room later on, plus picked up yesterday’s mail. I watched more football during the evening, including the delayed Cowboys/Broncos game out in Denver, where they stopped the game due to lightning in the area of the stadium, and then the traditional Football Night in America game, won by Atlanta 34-23 over the Green Bay Packers. I worked some on the weathertogether.net weather blogging website, which has been a lot of fun so far, learning quite a bit. I had some spicy low-sodium V8 juice right around dinner time, and plenty of water and vitamins throughout the evening.

We now have mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 60s at 0455 Monday. Monday should feature partly cloudy skies with high temps in the upper 70s with lows in the lower-mid 60s and a 20 POP for rain. On Tuesday sunny with scattered clouds at times with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 60s with only a 20 POP for rain as Hurricane Jose appears to be tracking further out to sea and minimizing its effects in our immediate area. Scattered fair weather clouds should continue to dominate our weather on Wednesday and Thursday, with warm and humid conditions, and highs in the low-mid 80s and lows in the lower mid 60s.

On Weatherbug at 0455 the radar is showing showers offshore of the Carolinas from Hurricane Jose and also a few small areas over parts of Michigan and Indiana at this time.

As of 0455 EDT, the data from the VP2 (coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet off the ground just under and out from the balcony), the Lakewood WXBug station and the USG VP2 station across the street are as follows :

Station Relative Location Temp RH DP BP Wind High/Low temp today
VP2 Ground 67.3 95 66 30.06S NA 79.4/64.9

There was no rain in the gauge on Sunday (cocorahs gauge – now located off the apartment property across the street from my initial two locations just off the inactive putting green – near the Montessori School playground. No sprinklers there at all on this county property).

August precipitation was 4.39″ (believe this is in error – I am finalizing my research on these numbers by tomorrow)

September precipitation through midnight obs tonight was 2.56″.

Year-to-date (YTD) precipitation total is 33.86″

VP2 Across the street (USG) NA NA NA 30.11S NA NA/NA

There was no rain reported once again in the USG gauge on Friday. The USG VP2 stayed offline all day and is not providing me most data sets (save for barometric pressure readings).

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 67 88.1 62.8 30.07S N 1 G N 6
                                140° from station                        82/65

The Lakewood rain gauge reported no rain on Sunday.

Temp from the VP2 at 2400 was 69.4 RH 92% BP 30.09S DP 66.9.

Good morning from the cloudy and mild Walrus early on this Monday.