Thursday was partly cloudy quite warm and humid – more cloudy in the evening when light showers fell around 2100-2200 –  0.09″) but no severe weather here.  Temperatures rose from the low 70s in the early AM to the upper 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the low 70s during the cloudy, occasionally rainy evening. Dew point temperatures started out in the low 70s in the AM hours, rising into the muggy mid 70s by late morning and remaining in the low-mid 70s for the most part the rest of the day except for a brief dip into the upper 60s in the late afternoon before the evening showers.

The maximum temperature was 88.8 degrees at 1636.

The minimum temperature was 71.9 degrees at 2355.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 76 degrees @ 1120 down to a low of 68 degrees @ 1642.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0614 down to a low of 52% @ 1642.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.69 inches @ 0006 down to a low of 29.51 inches @ 1804.

There was 0.09 inches of precipitation on Thursday. There has been 2.12 inches of rain recorded so far in June. The year-to-date total is now 22.41 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, available in real-time 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.

Thursday was a day of more leftover chicken, green beans and brown rice casserole – quite a big batch as I still have more for another dinner out of the big pot I made of it. I have started out informed delivery with the Post Office, so I can see ahead of time what mail I will be getting delivered on a  given day. Pretty interesting, some items don’t come through however. 

Friday and Saturday look mostly to partly sunny, not as warm, dry with lower dew points, with highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s to around 60°. Got a hot dog picnic later today around 1600 downstairs. 

Sunday looks partly cloudy and warmer, with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s.

Monday through Wednesday look partly to mostly cloudy, quite warm and humid but mostly dry, with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid-upper 60s. 

Midnight Thursday recorded a temperature of 71.9°, relative humidity 91%, pressure rising at 29.56 inches and a dew point temperature of 69° under cloudy skies.

Currently at 0752 the temperature is 70.8° under mostly cloudy (broken cumulus and stratocumulus) skies, breezy, relative humidity at 74%, barometric pressure rising at 29.64 inches, and a more comfortable dew point of 62°.

Good morning from the walrus on this Friday. Today’s featured (attached) image is my usual view looking west just outside  of  building A  on my way to the weekly trivia game around 1900, over an hour prior to sunset.