Thursday was mostly sunny with scattered afternoon fair-weather cumulus clouds dotting the skies at times and still a bit cool with lows in the mid 40s around midnight after rising into the low 60s in the early afternoon

Partly Cloudy, cool, dry conditions should persist through the weekend with highs mostly in the 60s and lows mostly in the 40s.  Conditions persist early next week through Tuesday before possible showers on Wednesday

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 62.8 at 1258

Low temp 44.5 at 2359

Max humidity 96% at 0000

Min humidity 45% at 1439

Max dew point 54 at 0000

Min dew point 32 at 2343

Max baro pressure 29.89″ at 0000

Low baro pressure 29.71″ at 1550

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 33 MPH from the NW at 1725

Today’s average daily wind speed 9.0 (BWI) 12.1 (IAD)

Today’s average sky cover 0.7 (BWI) 0.6 (IAD)

Total daily precipitation 0.00″

Monthly total precipitation total now stands at 1.32″

Currently at 0535 AM EDT Friday partly cloudy skies with the temperature at 42.8, barometer 29.79″ and falling, relative humidity 71% , dew point 34, winds at 5 – 10 MPH from the NW. No rain has fallen since midnight into the tipping bucket VP2 gauge at the USG site across the street from me.

Today’s feature image is a recent post-sunset image looking west past the rain gauge