Saturday was partly sunny with a bit warmer max temps (mid 70s) than Friday with lows about the same as recorded on Friday (mid 40s), reached at customary times during the 24 hour day. The winds continued fairly light from the warmer SW direction. Pressures were moderately high, similar to Friday.

Sunday and Monday look to be cloudy with possible scattered showers around with highs in the 70s and lows in the mid 40s to around 50 . Thereafter the rest of the week looks to be heating up under partly to mostly sunny skies with max temps starting out around 80 on Tuesday warming up to the upper 80s to around 90 by week’s end, with lows mainly in the mid-upper 50s to low-mid 60s.

Statistics for Saturday:

High temp 75.0 at 1540

Low temp 47.4 at 0548

Max humidity 80% at 0250

Min humidity 23% at 1610

Max dew point 49 at 1042

Min dew point 34 at 1610

Max barometric pressure 30.28″ at 1153

Low barometric pressure 30.20″ at 1908

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 15 MPH from the SW at 1135

Today’s average daily wind speed 4.1 (BWI) 2.7 (IAD)

Today’s average sky cover 0.3 (BWI) 0.3 (IAD)

Monthly May total precipitation 0.90″

Year-to-date total precipitation 11.80″

Sunrise 0555 (EDT)

Sunset 2016 (EDT)

Moon Waxing Crescent

Currently at 0608 PM EDT Sunday partly cloudy skies with the temperature at 50.2, barometer 30.26″ and steady, relative humidity 86% , dew point 46 , winds S-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 around sunset last Sunday evening looking west highlighting my “official cocorahs 4-inch rain gauge” through the generally cloudy, dry skies at the time showing a green groundcover. The “holly” adorning the custom rain gauge mount is, however, artificial.