Sorry for missing Wednesday’s post – too much Halloween celebrating and a few health issues to deal with. I’m somewhat better now. I will make a 2 day summary here in this post. 

Halloween Wednesday was a sunny, warmer day with no clouds observed during the day. Temperatures reached the mid-upper 60s for highs, mid 40s for lows. Dew points started to climb during the day, ranging from low 40s early to mid 50s late. Winds were still light.

The max temperature was 67.2° at 1526.

The min temperature was 43.5° at 0748.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 42° @ 0000 up to a high of 55° @ 1610.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0836 down to a low of 61% @ 1419.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.16″ @ 0000 down to a low of 29.94″ @ 2354.

The beginning of November on Thursday was a sunny, even warmer day with once again no clouds observed during the day. Clouds started to increase in the evening, however. Temperatures reached the upper-low 70s for highs, low 50s for lows. Dew points continued to climb most of the day on brisk SW afternoon winds, ranging from low 50s early to lower-mid 60s late. 

The max temperature was 73.2° at 1416.

The min temperature was 52.5° at 0729.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 51° @ 0553 up to a high of 63° @ 2354.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0846 down to a low of 56% @ 1503.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.95″ @ 0000 down to a low of 29.71″ @ 2257.

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.

No rain fell on either Wednesday or Thursday. October 2018 finished out with 2.63″ of rainfall at my location with my year-to-date precipitation sitting at 51.05″.

Halloween Wednesday was sunny and milder, with highs in the mid-upper 60s and lows in the lower-mid 50s. It was a  good night for the trick or treaters. I attended the apartment costume party in the afternoon and got to see the nearby Montessori school kids parade through our party. See today’s attached image and embedded image below for some of the party action. We had a live oldies/jazz band playing that was most enjoyable for a lover of live music that I hear precious little of these days. 

 

The beginning of November on Thursday was sunny and even warmer, with highs in the lower-mid 70s and lows in the lower-mid 50s.

Friday turns cloudy with highs around 70°, lows in the upper 40s with a 100 POP for mostly PM showers/thundershowers as a cold front approaches the region.

Saturday should be mostly sunny  and cooler, with highs in the upper-mid 50s and lows in the upper 30s.

Sunday looks to be sunny with highs in the upper-mid 50s and lows in the mid 40s.

Monday will be cloudy with a 100 POP for rain, high and low temps holding in the 50s.

Tuesday still cloudy with a 50 POP for showers, with temps moderating a bit into the mid 60s for highs, mid 50s for lows.  

Tonight’s midnight observations include a temperature of 67.7°(59.6°),  relative humidity of 85%(82%), barometric pressure at 29.71″ and falling (29.95″ and falling), and a dew point of 63°(54.2°). Winds were gusting from the S to 27 MPH (Calm) at the nearby Lakewood Country Club weatherbug station. Data in parentheses are midnight observations from the previous day.

Currently at 0638 the temperature is 67.1°, dew point temperature 64°, relative humidity 89%, and barometric pressure at 29.68″ and falling.

Fall color continues to be popping out locally this week, with probably 40-50 % color now in the area. Today’s wind brought down another good batch of leaves, though most still remain on the trees for now. 

Currently the sky is cloudy with temperatures in the mid 60s. Light showers are scattered in the region right now but should pick up in intensity (along with possible thunderstorms) later in the day. 

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Friday.

Kevin