My patterns have worsened and now I have a long 5 day report. There’s a lot of conflicting activities that take up way too much of my time. One is the NCAA basketball tournament which started earlier this week. The week was seasonably cool each day, highlighted by a big rainstorm all day on Thursday and a brief squall in the mid-afternoon on Friday. Normals now are highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low-mid 30s. We averaged out with highs in the upper 40s and lows in the low 30s.  

Tuesday  was mostly sunny and seasonably cool, with high temps in the upper mid 40s and lows in the upper 20s. 

The maximum temperature was 47.8° at 1719.

The minimum temperature was 29.2° at 0715.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 17° @ 1212 up to a high of 24° @ 2015.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 72% @ 0639 down to a low of 33% @ 1448.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 30.40″ @ 0010 up to a high of 30.51″ @ 1020.

Tuesday had no precipitation.

Wednesday was clear/sunny in the AM then increasing high then middle clouds in the PM hours with temps remaining somewhat cool, highs reaching the low 50s and lows around freezing. 

The maximum temperature was 52.5° at 1639

The minimum temperature was 32.2° at 0724.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 20° @ 0008 up to a high of 34° @ 2353.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 80% @ 0733 down to a low of 31% @ 1701.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.42″ @ 0000 down to a low of 30.20″ @ 2352.

Wednesday had no precipitation. My March monthly total is 2.07″ with my year-to-date total at 9.09″.

No snow/sleet fell on Wednesday. My March total snowfall is 2.5″ with the seasonal total at 26.8″.

Thursday was cloudy, cooler and rainy in an all-day soaker (2.40″ – easily the wettest day of the year so far) . Rain was moderate to heavy at times with quite a bit of localized flooding in the region. Today’s featured image shows the rain falling/puddling at my apartment complex around 1900. High temps only reached  the mid 40s with lows around 40°. 

The maximum temperature was 45.5° at 0000

The minimum temperature was 39.9° at 2330.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 35° @ 0000 up to a high of 43° @ 1240.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 66% @ 0000 up to a high of 95% @ 0815

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.20″ @ 0000 down to a low of 29.57″ @ 2310.

Thursday had 2.40″ of precipitation. My March monthly total is now 4.47″ with my year-to-date total at 11.49″.

No snow/sleet fell on Thursday. My March total snowfall is 2.5″ with the seasonal total at 26.8″.

Friday partially cleared out in the AM with increasing winds and high temps in the upper 40s and lows in the upper 30s. A mid-afternoon (approx 1545-1615) squall blew threw with particularly high winds, brief heavy rain, and sleet/graupel falling in the region but not observed at my station. There was also a bit of light rain much earlier, from 0030-0130.  

The maximum temperature was 49.1° at 1353

The minimum temperature was 38.7° at 1603.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 40° @ 0347 down to a low of 25° @ 2047.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 94% @ 0000 down to a low of 53% @ 2049

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.57″ @ 0417 up to a high of 29.86″ @ 2336.

Friday had 0.18″ of precipitation. My March monthly total is now 4.65″ with my year-to-date total at 11.67″.

No snow/sleet fell on Friday that I am aware of. My March total snowfall is 2.5″ with the seasonal total at 26.8″.

Saturday was partly cloudy and dry with decreasing winds and seasonably cool once again.  High temps reached the 50° mark with lows in the upper low 30s.  

The maximum temperature was 50.1° at 1640

The minimum temperature was 33.5° at 0654.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 27° @ 0000 down to a low of 19° @ 1803.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 68% @ 0645 down to a low of 30% @ 1803

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.85″ @ 0003 up to a high of 29.28″ @ 2356.

Saturday had no precipitation. My March monthly total is still 4.65″ with my year-to-date total at 11.67″.

No snow/sleet fell on Saturday. My March total snowfall is 2.5″ with the seasonal total at 26.8″

My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall – use the cocorahs link shown below for that dataset) is showing regularly on Weather Underground. My data is posted there every 5 minutes. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time now as it is being updated on a 5 minute interval. The web address for my data on weather underground is:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200

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

Please remember that my Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge, just as it does on WxLink 2.0. The tipping bucket has been producing erratic values at times so should not be used except for general precipitation timing. For example during our big snowstorm back in mid-January the snow didn’t melt at all during the storm, and only started to record precipitation amounts a few days later when the sun and above freezing temperatures started to melt the snow.

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. I also use a snow stake outside my balcony window to get an idea on how much snow has fallen (while it is snowing) and how much snow is on the ground.

Frosty early Sunday with lows around freezing, then warming up under the strong March sun with highs in the 60s.

It looks like light rain will return on Monday with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the 40s.

The rest of the week till Friday looks to be sunny, with the coolest temps of the week on Tuesday (around 50°) with lows in the mid 30s but gradually warming up into the upper 60s by Friday under partly cloudy skies.   

Midnight Saturday night found the temperature to be 42.1°, relative humidity 42%, pressure rising at 30.28″ and the dew point at 20.9° under a clear sky.

Currently at 0701 the temperature is 32.2° under clear skies, relative humidity at 66%, barometric pressure rising at 30.31″, and the dew point at 22°.

Good early morning from the snowless walrus on this clear Sunday.