Thursday closed out the month of November on a partly cloudy note, slightly wet with a light evening shower (0.01″) associated with a passing cold front, and a cooler day. Temperatures started out around 40° in the early AM, then rose into the mid 50s in the afternoon. Dew points were in the 30s rising into the 40s most of the day. At 0755 we have clear skies with temperatures in the low 40s. The Thursday minimum temperature from the VP2 (40.4°) was recorded at 0649 while the maximum temperature (54.8°) was recorded at 1537. Dew point temps ranged from 27° up to 47°. Relative humidity values were a bit higher than yesterday (93% – 41%). Barometric values lowered a bit from yesterday, ranging from a high of 30.32″ at 0347 down to 30.04″ at 1907.

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 contribute daily to cocorahs as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115.

I communicated with my friend Ray Muller a few times during the day and evening, capturing his November climate data and highlights for email submission into the NJWO. I have only done a very small amount of data gathering for my own November 2017 climate summary. 

We have mostly clear skies with some high cirroform clouds and some random jet contrails early this morning with temps in the low 40s. We finished out a dry month with 2.10″ of rain, but at least with the 0.01″ that fell before midnight I broke my modest 10 day dry streak of days. More complete and many other monthly calculations will be coming through in the coming days. On Friday we should start out December with sunny skies, high temperatures in the low-mid 50s and lows around 32°. A bit cloudier with high temps in the low 50s and lows around freezing on Saturday, but still dry with only a 10 POP for rain. Sunny skies on Sunday, highs in the mid 50s and lows once again around the freezing mark. Monday should have scattered to partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 50s and lows warming to only the mid 40s. Tuesday and Wednesday look to be cloudier with increasing shower chances as a major pattern change starts to take place. Long range forecasts give a good inclination towards a colder pattern by the end of next week. Snow chances may indeed increase at this time. Details on this change will be unfolding over the next several days.

On the Channel 4 weather website at 0755 their radar is clear in our local 4 state region and in fact most of the Eastern US. Our earlier light rain shower action has moved through quickly and is now out in the Atlantic Ocean.

As of 0755, 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          42.7   80  37 30.22R   NA    54.8/40.4

There was 0.01″ of precipitation in my cocorahs gauge on Thursday through midnight. The VP2 tipping bucket rain gauge under my balcony did not record any precipitation through midnight obs on Thursday.

November precipitation finalized out at 2.10″.

Year-to-date precipitation total is 38.51″

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 42 79 35 30.20R NW 2 G N 4
                              140° from station                        57/40

The Lakewood rain gauge recorded no rain through midnight on Thursday. Their partially radar-estimated monthly precipitation total finalized at 1.89″ according to this morning’s report. Their year-to-date precipitation total through the end of November is 39.30″, still partially estimated from radar.

Temp from the VP2 at 2400 was 48.8 RH 80% BP 30.06R DP 46.0. Cloudy but dry at midnight.

Good morning from the mostly clear and dry Walrus early on this Friday beginning to the month of December.