Veteran’s Day Saturday was my coldest day since March 15 with highs in the mid 30s under mostly sunny skies and lows in the low 20s for the season’s first killing freeze. Dew points dropped even more, from the low 20s down to the upper single digits . At 0944 we have an high cloud overcast, light winds, and still cold but moderating. Temperatures are now in the mid 30s with dew points up into the upper 20s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 (22.8°) was recorded at 0639 while the maximum temperature (37.0°) was recorded at 1504. Dew point temps ranged from 22° down to 8°. Relative humidity values lowered today (74% – 38%). Barometric values rose even more today with strong HIGH pressure moving over the region, ranging from a high of 30.67″ at 0731 starting to lower late in the day to 30.52″ at the end of the day at 2340. That is the highest pressure reading since March 23.

Remember now you can get the VP2 data on Weatherlink. You can access the data through http://www.weatherlink.com/user/walrusman444. I am also now on weather underground. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time.

I got up in the early afternoon, showered and prepared for departure to the Weather Party at Herb Close’s in Manchester MD, about 45 miles to the NNE of here in NE Carroll County near the PA border. Rick H came by to pick me up in the mid-afternoon, riding up together through the pretty, past peak color Maryland countryside. We got there around 1630. We had about a dozen Maryland weather partiers there, and plenty of good food, conversation (mostly weather talk), and other merriment took place for the next 7 1/2 hours till our departure around midnight. Observers reported Saturday morning minimum temperatures mostly in the 17° to 19° range. My featured image is one from the party of (left to right) Dan Hanson of Taunton MA, Bobby Miller, long -time COOP observer from Millers MD, just a few miles NE of Herb’s Manchester location, right at the PA border, and Herb Close our party host. All 4 pictures taken will be posted later as an update to my blog post about the party elsewhere on my page. 

We have a high cloud overcast this morning with the sun filtering through some. Moderating cold will start on Sunday partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper-mid 40s and lows in the mid 30s. Slight chance (30 POP) for a shower Sunday night. Monday should see similar skies and continued slightly moderating temps up to around 50° and lows in the mid 30s. Tuesday and Wednesday should continue this sky condition and temperature pattern, moderating into the low 50s and lows around freezing on Tuesday and lower-mid 50s with lows around 40° on Wednesday.

On the Channel 4 weather website at 0944 radar shows precipitation over sections of the midwest around Chicago and light scattered showers in areas of the SE in parts of GA and SC at this time.

As of 0944, the data from the VP2 (coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet off the ground just under and out from the balcony) and the Lakewood WXBug station are as follows :

Station Relative Location Temp RH DP   BP     Wind High/Low temp today
VP2            Ground            38.2  66 28 30.51S  NA    37.0/22.8

There was no precipitation in my cocorahs gauge on Saturday. The VP2 tipping bucket rain gauge under my balcony also recorded no precipitation through midnight obs on Saturday.

November precipitation is now 1.78″.

Year-to-date precipitation total is now 38.19″

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 37 69 26 30.45R SSE 1 G S 7
140° from station 37/19

The Lakewood rain gauge recorded 0.00″ of rain through midnight on Saturday. It apparently has been clogged and not working properly. However, in the latest check of the daily statistics, 0.18″ for Saturday is now showing up, which might be they finally cleared the clog and that was what fell through the gauge sometime on Saturday. So we may have data once again.

Temp from the VP2 at 2400 was 28.8 RH 71% BP 30.52F DP 20.7. Clear, cold and dry at midnight .

Good morning from the somewhat cloudy, moderating, and dry Walrus early on this Sunday.