Saturday was a partly sunny, cooler and dry with a bit lower dew points than yesterday leading to a pretty comfortable day. High temps barely got over the 80 mark in the mid afternoon after an early AM min  in the low 60s, cooling off by late evening into the upper 60s. Dew points were in the mid 50s in the early AM, then up into the mid 60s tops by mid-day and then lowered a bit into the low 60s by late evening.

The maximum temperature was 80.6 degrees at 1443.

The minimum temperature was 61.9 degrees at 0516.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 56 degrees @ 0000 up to a high of 64 degrees @ 1229.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 85% @ 0501 down to a low of 50% @ 1626.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.88 inches @ 0000 up to a high of 29.98 inches @ 2341.

There was no precipitation on Saturday so there remains a total of 3.84 inches of rain so far in August. The year-to-date total is 33.53 inches.

My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall – use the cocorahs link shown below) 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 and can be found on the web at 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. (for example, it recorded 2.15 inches of rain last Sunday, with a 16.94 inch/hour rain rate at 0021 very early on that day that was way over what actually occurred.)

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 included some bank business then a late brunch of a turkey sausage, egg and cream cheese sandwich on a toasted everything bagel, then baseball and football and posting long overdue weather data, summaries, and analysis for my June data including to many of you on email, and to others on my weathertogether.net blogpage. I also got some more needed rest (but still not enough) along with some delicious hazelnut cream coffee (both hot and iced) after the rest. I had a light dinner consisting of a few baked potatoes and cottage cheese.  

Sunday should be warm and sunny with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s.

Monday should be warmer with partly cloudy, dry skies and high temps in the low 90s by day, lows in the low 70s overnight.

Tuesday should be partly to mostly cloudy with afternoon chances of showers and storms, highs in the low 90s with lows in the low 70s.

On Wednesday it should be partly to mostly cloudy with good chances of showers and thundershowers, temps falling into the mid 80s, lows in the mid 60s.

On Thursday skies should be partly cloudy, with more comfortable low 80s for highs and mid 60s for lows.

Midnight Saturday recorded a temperature of 69.0 degrees, relative humidity 76%, pressure rising at 29.98 inches and the dew point temperature at a still reasonable 61.1 degrees under mostly clear skies.

Currently at 0219 the temperature is 67.2 degrees under clear skies, relative humidity at 80%, barometric pressure rising at 30.00 inches, and the dew point temperature at 61 degrees.

Good early morning from the walrus on this clear start to Sunday.