As we head towards the beginning of meteorological winter this Saturday (December 1) the days continue to get shorter and are remaining colder than normal, though will moderate this weekend as the new month starts along with periods of rain. Today’s featured image is another of the snowy summit expanse of Salt Pond Mtn (4365′ elevation) taken on Wednesday, November 28. Photo courtesy of David Carroll, who helps run the Dyacon weather stations there and other high summits in WV and VA for Virginia Tech out of Blacksburg VA. Hopefully deeper snows will fall later on in the winter and more spectacular images will be made available then.  

Thursday was a partly cloudy, cold, less blustery, dry day with temperatures maxing out in the upper mid 30s in the mid-afternoon after starting out the day in the early AM in the upper 20s.

The maximum temperature was 37.1° at 1507.

The minimum temperature was 28.8° at 0221. 

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 20° @ 0000 up to a high of 25° @ 2115.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 73% @ 0612 down to a low of 59% @ 1551.

Barometric pressure ranged from a low of 30.01″ @ 0009 up to a high of 30.17″ @ 1050.

No rain/snow fell on Thursday. November 2018 rainfall is 7.74″ with the year-to-date precipitation still 58.79″.

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. And the tipping bucket is producing significantly higher values than my 4 inch gauge. I actually use the data I post to CoCoRaHS from my 4 inch CoCoRaHS gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day.

Friday should turn cloudy and milder with highs in the low-mid 40s and lows in the low 30s with a 40 POP for AM showers.

Saturday will be cloudy and cool with temps holding in the low-mid 40s and a 90 POP for rain to start out the month of December on a wet note.

Sunday should have AM clouds and a 40 POP for showers with PM clearing and warmer, with highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 40s.

Monday should be mostly sunny and a bit cooler, with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 30s 

Tuesday will be cloudy and colder, with highs in the low 40s and lows around 30° but no chance of rain or snow.  

Thursday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 35.1°, relative humidity 63%, barometric pressure 30.10″ and steady, and a dew point of 23.9° with cloudy skies.

Currently at 0509 the temperature is 36.2°, dew point temperature 25°, relative humidity 63%, and barometric pressure at 30.07″ and falling under cloudy skies. Temperatures held in the mid 30s overnight under mostly cloudy skies.

Good morning from the Walrus on this Friday.