Sorry for missing posts over the weekend, busy time with a big weather party all day Saturday, and recovery day/footbal/clean up on Sunday and Monday. Many items still remain to deal with, I may have to do these “condensed” posts in the near future.  Today I will attempt to make a 4 day summary here in this post.

Friday was quite an active day weather-wise, Moderate to heavy rain (1.26″ total) fell Friday evening with sharply dropping temperatures. The rain fell between 1730-2245 with the heaviest rates of rainfall occurring between 2030-2100. At that heaviest time, severe weather broke out in other parts of the area, including two reported F1 tornadoes in Mt Airy and SE Baltimore/Dundalk areas. An Amazon warehouse had a partially collapsed roof that killed 2 people in the SE Baltimore/Dundalk area, and a roof was torn off at a TJ Maxx in a shopping center in eastern Mt Airy, about 25 miles north of my location. Driving up to the weather party on Saturday, we saw numerous large tree limbs down on our roadway off to the side, with cleanup having started. This active cold front passage brought much cooler temperatures over the weekend.  High temperatures reached the low 70s through early afternoon Friday, then dropped into the low-mid 50s by early evening during the heavy rain.  Dew points began the day in the mid 60s but dropped into the low 50s by Friday evening. Winds were brisk to strong during the heaviest activity, with many leaves falling and twigs and branches dropping throughout the region. 

The max temperature was 70.8° at 1315.

The min temperature was 53.5° at 2205.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 64° @ 0330 down to a low of 52° @ 2045.

Relative humidity values ranged from a low of 75% @ 1445 up to a high of 96% @ 1955.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.73″ @ 1045 down to a low of 29.57″ @ 1915.

Saturday calmed down gradually after a few light AM showers (0.04″) with slowly lessening winds and temps dropping into the 30s in the early AM rising up only into the mid 50s by the mid-afternoon. We had nice weather for the weather party at Herb Close’s house in Manchester MD, near the PA border about 45 miles NNE of my location. Today’s Featured image shows the special “NOAA” cake we had with party attendees written on the cake. Another picture from the party appears below

We went from peak color to past peak, noting the transition area in the Damascus area on the way, especially when we made a slight turn on route 27 from a NE to a more N bearing, where the trees along the road were more perpendicular to the prevailing westerly winds Friday into Saturday, causing more blow down of the leaves. 

The max temperature was 55.1° at 1300.

The min temperature was 41.9° at 2355.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 53° @ 0000 down to a low of 36° @ 1805.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0000 down to a low of 53% @ 1545.

Barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.66″ @ 0015 up to a high of 30.40″ @ 2231.

Sunday was a peaceful, sunny, seasonably cool, mid-50s type of day after a chilly 30s start in the early AM. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ended at 0200 and all times I express hereafter will be in Eastern Standard Time (EST).  

The max temperature was 55.2° at 1454.

The min temperature was 36.8° at 0401.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 35° @ 0152 up to a high of 46° @ 2340.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 94% @ 0748 down to a low of 52% @ 1416.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.57″ @ 0833 down to a low of 30.38″ @ 2346

Monday was a cloudy, cool, rainy off and on (all) day (especially 0500-1100 – 1.09″ total) with temps in the low 50s to upper 40s 

The max temperature was 52.5° at 0804.

The min temperature was 48.2° at 0947.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 46° @ 0000 up to a high of 51° @ 0720.

Relative humidity values ranged from a low of 84% @ 0000 up to a high of 97% @ 2204.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.39″ @ 0029 down to a low of 30.06″ @ 2358

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 Sunday. 1.09″ of rain fell on Monday with November 2018 now having 2.39″ of rainfall at my location  with the year-to-date precipitation at 53.44″.

October 2018 finished out with 2.63″ of rainfall at my location.

Friday turned cloudy with highs in the low 70s, lows in the lower mid 60s with evening heavy showers/storms with strong winds that carried down a lot of leaves and blew many twigs and tree limbs around. There were 2 F1 tornadoes reported out of Mt Airy and SE Baltimore to highlight nature’s mayhem.  Rain fell from 1730-2245 with the heaviest falling between 2030-2100. 

Saturday turned sunny and cooler after a few light AM showers, with high temps in the mid 50s and lows falling late to the lower 40s.

Sunday was sunny with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the upper-mid 30s and lessening winds.

Monday was cloudy with moderate-heavy rain once again, with temps hanging around the 50° mark all day, with dew point temps just a bit lower. 

Tuesday will remain cloudy with a 100 POP for showers/thunderstorms, with temps moderating a bit into the upper 60s for highs and mid 40s for lows.

Wednesday will be partly to mostly cloudy, highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s.

Thursday should be sunny and cooler, with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 40s.

Friday should be cloudy with more rain returning (100 POP) with high temps in the low 50s and lows in the mid 30s.  

Friday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 53.9°, relative humidity of 96%, barometric pressure of 29.68″ and falling, and a dew point of 53° under cloudy skies. 

Saturday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 41.9°, relative humidity of 82%, barometric pressure of 30.40″ and rising, and a dew point of 37° under clear skies, . 

Sunday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 50.2°, relative humidity of 84%, barometric pressure of 30.39″ and falling, and a dew point of 46° with partly cloudy skies.

Monday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 51.5°, relative humidity of 97%, barometric pressure of 30.06″ and falling, and a dew point of 51° with cloudy skies.

Currently at 0804 the temperature is 52.9°, dew point temperature 52°, relative humidity 97%, and barometric pressure at 29.93″ and falling.

Fall color has transitioned quickly over the past week to past peak with lots of leaf fall from the recent frequent windy conditions.  

Currently the sky is cloudy, foggy and drizzly with temperatures in the lower mid 50s. Light showers and drizzle are falling scattered in the region right now but should pick up in intensity (along with possible thunderstorms) by mid-day.

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Election Day Tuesday.

Kevin