Thursday was sunny in the AM  through a high cirrostratus overcast that muted the sun’s rays, turning into a thicker overcast later in the PM, blocking out the sun for the most part. It really remained quite dry. Temps moderated on the min side, as low temps only dropped to the low 40s in the early AM but still rose quickly in the later AM and early PM into the mid 60s by mid-afternoon once again. Temps by midnight only dropped into the mid 50s with the denser cloud cover but remaining quite dry. 

The maximum temperature was 65.2° at 1536.

The minimum temperature was 43.1° at 0508.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 26° @ 0020 up to a high of 35° @ 1608.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 64% @ 0512 down to a low of 26% @ 1228.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 30.30″ @ 0000 up to a high of 30.45″ @ 1109.

Thursday had no precipitation.  So far in April no precipitation has fallen but that
should change on Friday (see below for more details).

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.

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 looks to be cloudy with periods of rain and cooler, with temps in the mid 40s to low 50s.

The weekend looks milder but cloudy on both Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the mid-upper 60s and lows in the upper 40s on Saturday and mid 50s on Sunday.

Monday looks unsettled and warmer, highs in the upper 70s and lows in the around 60° with showers and even some thunderstorms expected to develop.

Clouds with showers and possible thunderstorms is expected to continue into Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the high 70s on Tuesday and low 70s on Wednesday and lows in the upper 40s.

Midnight Thursday night found the temperature to be 54.6°, relative humidity 41%, pressure steady at 30.36″ and the dew point a still low 31.3° under cloudy skies.

Currently at 0756 the temperature is 45.5° under cloudy, light rainy skies, relative humidity at 82%, barometric pressure rising at 30.39″, and the dew point at 40°.

Good morning from the snowless walrus on this cloudy, lightly raining Friday. The red flag warning should be taken down today. 

With peak bloom of the famous downtown Washington DC Cherry Trees in the Tidal Basin finishing up with today’s rain  I have one more featured image to cover Thursday.  Today’s featured image is another picture posted on FACEBOOK by my photo-journalist weather enthusiast friend Jim Schuyler of the blooming joshino cherry trees in downtown DC at the Tidal Basin with the US Capitol as a backdrop taken Monday afternoon. Thanks so much Jim!!!