Friday was cloudy, milder and wetter with high temps in the upper 60s by mid-day, before early AM lows in the upper 40s. Light rain started to fall in the early afternoon and lasted till mid-evening, becoming heavier at the end with a rumble of thunder at times (total of 0.36″ for the day). 

The maximum temperature was 68.2° at 1226.

The minimum temperature was 47.8° at 0228.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 43° @ 0000 up to a high of 62° @ 1345.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 73% @ 1215 up to a high of 96% @ 2145.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.20″ @ 0000 down to a low of 30.05″ @ 2330.

Friday had 0.36″ of precipitation. April now has a total of 0.61″ of precipitation. The year-to-date total is now 12.30″.

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.

Saturday should be partly to mostly cloudy and even warmer, with highs in the mid-upper 70s but dry. Lows in the low 60s. Dense fog has developed over the past 1/2 hour limiting visibility to less than 1/2 mile (see featured and embedded images)

Sunday should be mostly cloudy and warm with highs once again up in the mid 70s. Showers and thundershowers should develop ahead of a sharp cold front sometime during the day. Lows will be dropping into the 50s by late evening.

Monday should be partly cloudy, cooler and windy at times, with highs around 60° and lows around 40°.

Sunny on Tuesday with highs in the mid-upper 60s and lows around 50°. Wednesday and Thursday looks to be cloudy and warm, with highs in the mid-upper 70s, lows in the mid 50s on Wednesday and low 60s on Thursday but as of now remaining dry. 

Midnight Friday night found the temperature to be 61.4°, relative humidity 96%, pressure falling at 30.05″ and the dew point at 60.3° under cloudy skies.

Currently at 0744 the temperature is 61.9° under cloudy skies with dense fog (see featured image and embedded image below) , relative humidity at 96%, barometric pressure rising at 30.10″, and the dew point at 61°.

Good morning from the walrus on this cloudy, damp, foggy Saturday.