Friday was cloudy and noticeably cooler with occasional rain or drizzle (0.16″ total) falling most of the day. Temps in the mid 50s at the very start of the day fell into the 40s by sunrise and held there the rest of the day under the cool NE flow around our light rain circulation.  

The maximum temperature was 54.6° at 0000. (PM Max 47.9° @ 1550)

The minimum temperature was 43.8° at 2351.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 31° @ 0000 up to a high of 43° @ 1640.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 41% @ 0000 up to a high of 93% @ 2334.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.38″ @ 1042 down to a low of 30.23″ @ 2001.

Friday had 0.16″ of precipitation. April now has a total of 0.16″ of precipitation. The year-to-date total is now at 11.85″. 

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.

Cloudy on Saturday (AM) with PM partial clearing and milder, with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the lower 40s.

On Sunday more sun than clouds and mild, with high temps in the low 70s and lows in the upper 50s .

Monday looks unsettled and warmer, highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s with possible showers and thunderstorms falling in parts of the region.

Partly cloudy into Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the mid 70s on Tuesday and mid 60s on Wednesday
and lows in the mid 50s on Tuesday and mid 40s on Wednesday.

Midnight Friday night found the temperature to be 43.8°, relative humidity 93%, pressure falling at 30.24″ and the dew point at 41.9° under cloudy skies.

Currently at 0755 the temperature is 43.1° under cloudy, light foggy/drizzly skies, relative humidity at 94%, barometric pressure rising at 30.25″, and the dew point at 42°.

Good morning from the snowless walrus on this cloudy, damp Saturday. I presume that the Red Flag warning was taken down on Friday but have not heard for sure.

With peak bloom of the famous downtown Washington DC Cherry Trees in the Tidal Basin finishing up this weekend but still going, I have a new featured image posted Friday. 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 Washington Monument as a backdrop taken later this past week. Thanks so much Jim!!!