Thursday was a partly cloudy, quite hot and moderately humid day .  Clouds moved in during the late afternoon/early evening as storms moved into the area, but missed my immediate location to the west, mostly over northern Virginia. We had a severe thunderstorm warning posted for the late afternoon, but that storm moved straight south from west of Frederick and broke up a bit as it moved into northern Virginia. Temperatures rose from the lower 70s in the early AM to the lower 90s by mid-late afternoon prior to the storm threat/increase in clouds, then lowered into the 80s in the late afternoon/early evening from the storm action “cooling”. Eventually temps slid down into the 70s by later in the evening. 
The dew point temperature rose quickly in the morning but once again dropped into the lower 60s during the storm cooling in the early evening. They started out in the mid 60s in the early AM then rose into the lower 70s by late morning/early afternoon and then dropped back into the lower mid 60s by evening. 

The maximum temperature was 93.3 degrees at 1709. This is the hottest temperature reached at my station so far this year, but could easily be surpassed in the next few days. 

The minimum temperature was 73.0 degrees at 0622.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 73 degrees @ 1048 down to a low of 63 degrees @ 1852.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 41% @ 1716 up to a high of 83% @ 2341.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.19 inches @ 0825 down to a low of 30.10 inches @ 1740.

There was no falling precipitation on Thursday. There has been 2.31 inches of rain recorded so far in June. The year-to-date total is 22.60 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 another busy day. I finished up my questions for trivia and gave them to our group at 1900. I finally placed my grocery order for much needed food for delivery on Friday afternoon. I had some beef ramen noodles and the last of the crackers and cheese. 

Friday and Saturday should be partly cloudy, hot and humid, with highs of 90°-95° and lows in the lower 70s. Sunday and Monday should give us a minor respite from the heat, with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low-mid 60s with lower dew points.  Unfortunately the start of July next Monday will resume the heat wave, with highs in the low-mid 90s and lows in the lower 70s, continuing through the 4th of July week, with possible storms on the 4th itself (Wednesday).  

Midnight Thursday recorded a temperature of 73.0°, relative humidity 83%, pressure steady at 30.16 inches and a dew point temperature of 67.5° under partly cloudy skies.

Currently at 0948 the temperature is 80.9° under sunny skies, relative humidity at 72%, barometric pressure rising at 30.19 inches, and a dew point temperature of 71°.

Good morning from the walrus on this Friday. Today’s featured image shows a pretty sunset around 2015 Thursday with the 2 pictures below showing the stormy stratocumulus cloud remnants left just prior to trivia at about 1845 EDT.