Wednesday was partly cloudy and milder, with plenty of sun at times, but a few hints at the stormy weather moving in for the end of the week with increasing clouds late in the day. We finished out February dry and mild, not totally indicative of our general monthly trend of mild and wet. After early AM lows in the low 40s, high temps reached the low 60s by mid-afternoon, but then didn’t drop off as much in the evening and overnight into Wednesday, due to the increase in clouds and warmer, southerly winds. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (63.3°) was recorded at 1420 while the minimum temperature (41.3°) was recorded at 0630. Dew point temperatures rose all day, ranging from a low of 30° at 0000 up to a high of 44° late at 2321. Relative humidity values rose a bit today (74% – 39%). Barometric values dropped all day, ranging from a high of 30.24″ at 0012 down to a low of 29.91″ late at 2252.

Remember now you can get the VP2 data on Weatherlink. You can access the data through http://www.weatherlink.com/user/walrusman444.

I am posting daily to weather underground. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time. I contribute daily to cocorahs as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115. Please remember that Weather Underground does not report snow data, and reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge.

I rose in the late morning to pick up my local apartment shuttle ride with Victor about 1130 for my skin doctor appointment at Kaiser at high noon. I have a case of eczema, and got a prescription cream to treat it. I spoke at some length with Marty about my Doctor appointment and some aspects of our GLOBE cloud observations we took earlier in the afternoon on Wednesday. I transcribed Ray Muller’s February weather observations into a monthly summary over the phone and emailed it out to several of our weather friends around the state and scattered elsewhere around the country. 

We had partial sun on Wednesday, but clear skies at 1350 when I did my GLOBE CLOUD observation from my balcony and my IPhone. I got word of the Suomi satellite passing over at 1350, when it is encouraged to take a full observation while the satellite is passing over. I did not see any indications of the satellite, and precious few clouds at the time of observation. Later on, within the next two hours, we had plenty of clouds through most of the sky. Temps peaked out in the low 60s, then only dropped to the low 50s by midnight obs. Overnight into Thursday has remained relatively mild, with temps in the early AM hours in the upper 40s just before 0600 under partly cloudy skies. Thursday has clouds and cooler weather with an 80 POP for light PM rain showers just in time for the monthly changeover to March, with high temps in the low-mid 50s and lows in the upper 30s. Late Thursday the wind should dramatically increase, as we are under a high wind warning for most of Friday, with persistent high winds we have not seen in these parts since Hurricane Sandy back in late October 2012. Winds may gust up to 65 MPH in some areas, and I plan on taking some wind speed observations with my new Peak anemometer during the day on Friday. Friday looks colder along with the high winds with a 60 POP of AM showers. High temps should be in the low-mid 40s and lows in the low 30s. Saturday should be partly cloudy and not quite as chilly but still windy, with highs in the upper 40s and lows around 30°. Sunday should be sunny with lessening winds, temps similar to Saturday.

On the Channel 4 weather website at 0620 radar is showing numerous showers to my W and SW over parts of OH, WV, SW VA, TN, and KY, moving this way.

As of 0620, the data from the VP2 (coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet off the ground just under and out from the balcony) and the Lakewood WXBug station are as follows:

Partly cloudy, not as cold but still dry and relatively calm for the moment.

Station Relative Location Temp RH DP BP Wind High/Low temp Wednesday
VP2            Ground            47.9  85 44 29.85F NA 63.3/41.3

The total rainfall in the cocorahs gauge was 0.00″ through midnight Wednesday. The VP2 tipping bucket rain gauge under my balcony also had 0.00″ recorded through midnight Wednesday.

Wednesday’s precipitation 0.00″
February total precipitation was 4.80″
February snowfall 2.0″
Snow on ground 0 (reported to the nearest half-inch)
The seasonal snowfall total is 7.5″.
Year-to-date precipitation total is 6.63″

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 47 85 42 29.87″F Calm G WSW 3
                              140° from station                           65/40

The Lakewood rain gauge recorded 0.00″ of precipitation on Wednesday. It finished out reporting 5.26″ for the final monthly (February) total and 2018 year-to-date (YTD) amount of 7.51″.

At 2400 obs Tuesday night the temperature from the VP2 was 51.6 RH 74% BP 29.92″R DP 43.6. Partly Cloudy, not as cold, calm and still drying out.

Good morning from the cloudier, not as cold but still dry Walrus for the moment early on this Thursday.