Thursday had the warmest temperatures of this very warm week, peaking out in the mid 80s by mid-afternoon just before clouds increased from storms moving in from the NW, just missing my station around 1900 but giving us a bit of light rain/sprinkles (0.01″) then. More storms on radar could have hit here later in the evening, but dried out going over the WV and VA mountains. Lows this morning were in the mid 60s. 

Wednesday’s max temperature was 85.6° at 1608.
Tuesday’s min temperature was 64.6° at 0621.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 63° @ 0038 up to a high of 75° @ 1711.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0849 down to a low of 63% @ 1520.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.07 @ 0000 down to a low of 29.94″ @ 1700.

You can get the VP2 data on Weatherlink. I have migrated over to Weatherlink 2.0 so I have a new link for my data. You can now access the data through:

https://www.weatherlink.com/map/5aa32916-94c7-4a40-a2d0-0b74abfc8d8f

I am posting daily to weather underground. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.”

Data is online, normally just about in real-time. The web address for my data on weather underground is:

https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200

I contribute daily to cocorahs as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 on https://www.cocorahs.org/

Please remember that Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge. I actually use the data I post to cocorahs from my 4″ cocorahs gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day.

October 2018 has had 0.01″ of rainfall at my location so far with my year-to-date precipitation at 48.43″.

Overnight Wednesday into Thursday was partly cloudy, mild and humid. Dew points started the day in the low 60s but rose to the mid 70s by late afternoon just before the line of storms came through, mostly missing my station to the NE as it tracked down from Frederick towards the SE. 

Thursday was quite warm earlier, highs reaching into the mid 80s, after lows in the mid 60s. 
Friday is starting out cloudy as the cold front slowly pushes through, with highs only around 70° in the afternoon sun and lows late falling to about 60°. Saturday should be cloudy and warm up a bit into the mid 70s and lows in the mid 60s with only a 20 POP for rain (mainly chances of drizzle in the AM). Sunday will have AM clouds and PM sun and warmer with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the upper-mid 60s. Monday should be partly cloudy and warm, with highs in the low-mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Tuesday should see AM clouds and PM sun, with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 60s. 

We are definitely having a dry start to the month of October.  Longer range predictions through the middle of
the month (at least) are for this warm, dry weather to persist.

Our first freeze/frost still looks to be several weeks away, as it has been trending later in the fall over the past few years.

Currently at 0543 the temperature is 70.5°, dew point temperature 68°,
relative humidity 91%, and barometric pressure at 30.05″ and rising.

Currently I have cloudy skies and mild overnight temperatures still around 70°.

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Friday.

Kevin