Thursday was partly cloudy and cooler with lows in the mid 40s and highs in the low 60s, reached by late afternoon. Moderate NW winds brought more cooler air in.

From Friday through the weekend, cool, cloudy, occasionally rainy conditions should predominate (mainly upper 50s to mid 60s for highs and mid 40s for lows).

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 62.4 at 1710

Low temp 44.9 at 0637

Max humidity 81% at 2346

Min humidity 45% at 1633

Max dew point 46 at 2157

Min dew point 35 at 0400

Max baro pressure 30.10″ at 1006

Low baro pressure 29.96″ at 1816

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 25 MPH from the NW at 0035

Today’s average daily wind speed 6.4 (BWI) 7.0 (IAD)

Today’s average sky cover 0.5 (BWI) 0.5 (IAD)

Total Wednesday May precipitation (revised) 0.24″

Monthly total precipitation (updated) 0.48″

Sunrise 0603 (EDT)

Sunset 2007 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 1008 AM EDT Friday mostly cloudy skies with the temperature at 58.9, barometer 29.90″ and steady, relative humidity 64% , dew point 47 , winds SE at less than 5 MPH. 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 one taken mid-day Tuesday around 1300 EDT from the summit area of Spruce Knob, highest point in West Virginia at 4863 feet, with light thundershowers in the area. Temperature at the time was 63 F.