Thursday was a partly cloudy, slightly cooler, but still humid day with a late afternoon light thundershower (0.15″) around 1600-1630 then with slow clearing during the evening hours.  High temps only reached the lower mid 80s after another warm, humid overnight which only lowered the temps into the lower mid 70s. Temps fell only into the mid 70s by midnight observation time, but were still muggy. Dew points once agin stayed pretty steady all day in the low to mid 70s.

The maximum temperature was 82.4 degrees at 1401.

The minimum temperature was 73.1 degrees at 0546.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 71 degrees @ 0000 up to a high of 74 degrees @ 1545.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 93% @ 0419 down to a low of 71% @ 1323.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.90 inches @ 0443 up to a high of 30.01 inches @ 1123.

There was 0.15 inches of precipitation on Thursday so there now is a total of 3.99 inches of rain so far in August. The year-to-date total is 33.68 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 over a week ago (Sunday 8/4), 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.

Thursday was another busy day. I slept in a bit, but was working on wash and then took a shower. I had a small breakfast of shredded wheat cereal and milk, plus turned leftover coffee into iced coffee for later activities, which comprised of the weekly trivia game next door in Building A. I took several images of the pre and post sunset views to the west on the way to and from the trivia game. I watched the preseason Redskin and Ravens games, Redskins losing 23-13 to the Bengals and the Ravens beating the Packers 26-13. I made baked crispy fish, tater tots and microwave green beans for a lovely tasty dinner. I fihished up the wash, including clean bedding which I like to have after taking a shower. I will be waiting for a small Safeway grocery delivery order on Friday during the early-mid afternoon.

Friday should warm up a bit into the mid 80s under partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers/storms, with lows around 70.

Over the weekend both Saturday and Sunday should be partly cloudy, hot and humid, with highs in the low 90s and lows in the low-mid 70s.

Monday and Tuesday will continue this same pattern, partly cloudy, hot and humid with highs once again in the low 90s and lows in the low-mid 70s.

Midnight Thursday recorded a temperature of 74.0 degrees, relative humidity 92%, pressure rising at 29.99 inches and the dew point temperature at 71.5 degrees under mostly cloudy skies.

Currently at 0505 the temperature is 71.0 degrees under mostly cloudy skies, relative humidity at 94%, barometric pressure steady at 29.98 inches, and the dew point temperature at 69 degrees.

Good early morning from the walrus on this muggy start to Friday. Today’s featured image shows a post-sunset view to the west from my cocorahs rain gauge, looking west. The image below shows a pre-sunset image of the western sky as storm clouds lift away from the area from prior light convective activity a few hours before.