Wednesday was mostly cloudy and muggy in the early AM, skies lightened at times but remained with more clouds than sun the rest of the day, but did warm up to just above the 80° mark by mid-afternoon along with the usual humid conditions. Clouds returned late evening and overnight into Thursday. No rain fell. Dew point temperatures started in the early AM in the upper 60s but rose into the low 70s by the early afternoon.

Wednesday’s max temperature was 80.7° at 1426.

Wednesday’s min temperature was 70.1° at 0727.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 69° @ 0630 up to a high of 73° @ 1206.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0336 down to a low of 71% @ 1448.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.21″ @ 0016 down to a low of 29.89″ @ 2353.

You can get my 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  Tuesday into Wednesday was cloudy, warm, and damp. Dew points held in the low 70s while the temps only slowly fell into the upper-low 70s in the early AM.

Wednesday was mostly cloudy with a few occasional breaks, warm and humid with highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 70s.

Thursday should be cloudy with highs in the upper-mid 70s, lows cooling off late into the low 50s, and a 100 POP for showers and thunderstorms. The remnants of Hurricane Michael and a vigorous cold front from the Midwest could give us a good dosing of rain most of Thursday afternoon and evening. Heavier rain will be more likely to fall S and E of the DC area, as those areas will be closer to the track of Hurricane Michael remnants.

Friday should be sunny, notably cooler and drier, with highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 40s, our first such lows of the fall season.

Saturday should be partly cloudy with a 40 POP for AM showers, with highs in the upper 50s and lows around 40°.

Sunday should remain cool and dry, with highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 50s, under partly to mostly cloudy skies.

Monday looks partly cloudy and seasonably cool, with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 40s and a 50 POP for PM showers. 

Our first freeze/frost still looks to be a few weeks away, as it has been trending later in the fall over the past few years. Mountain areas out in WV and VA above 3500 feet might even see a few snow flakes sometime over the weekend, most likely late Friday or Saturday. Other lower elevations in the WV, VA, and MD mountain region might have a shot at a frost or freeze this weekend.

Early fall color change is minimal so far, with only spotty locations showing any. What I hope to see more of by the end of this month is reflected in today’s featured image, taken up in the White Mountains of NH last week.

Currently at 0528 the temperature is 72.8°, dew point temperature 71°,

relative humidity 95%, and barometric pressure at 29.78″ and falling.

Currently I have cloudy skies with damp/warm overnight temperatures in the upper-low 70s.

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Thursday.

Kevin