Monday was cloudy and cooler, with light rain (0.12″) falling most of the AM hours into the early afternoon. Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the low 70s in the mid afternoon hours after the rain more or less ended, then only fell into the upper 60s by late evening/midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out around 60° in the very early AM hours, then rose into the upper 60s by mid-afternoon. Gradually the dew points fell off slightly into the mid 60s by midnight observation. I had lunch at the Yard House with my friend Laura today, fortunately the rain had ended by the time we were underway. Please also see my comment below about today’s featured image. 

The maximum temperature was 71.1 degrees at 1626.

The minimum temperature was 61.4 degrees at 0351.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 60 degrees @ 0117 up to a high of 68 degrees @ 1541.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 1236 down to a low of 87% @ 1714.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.11 inches @ 0000 down to a low of 29.87 inches @ 2058.

There was 0.12 inches of precipitation on Monday. There has been 0.76 inches of rain recorded so far in June. The year-to-date total is now 21.05 inches.

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 every day of late 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.

Tuesday should be partly cloudy and dry with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 50s.

Wednesday should remain cloudy and mild with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the low 60s.

Thursday looks to be partly to mostly cloudy with showers and possible storms, with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50s.

Friday should be mostly sunny and seasonable, with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50s.

Saturday should be partly cloudy and a bit warmer, with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s.  

Sunday should be partly cloudy, warm, and humid, with highs in the mid 80s and lows around 70° with chances of showers and storms.

Midnight Monday recorded a temperature of 68.5°, relative humidity 93%, pressure steady at 29.88 in. and a dew point temperature of 66.4° under cloudy skies.

Currently at 0532 the temperature is 64.4° and a bit breezy under broken stratocumulus skies, relative humidity at 78%, barometric pressure rising at 29.98 inches, and a dew point of 57°.

Good morning from the walrus early on this Tuesday. Today’s featured image is a black vulture which I observed while waiting for Laura to pick me up for lunch around 1300 at my apartment. It stayed up there for at least 10 minutes, its wingspan is 4.9 feet according to the wikipedia article I read about that species of bird. Our overcast skies backdrop the bird, which really loomed large when I was photographing it.