Daily Precipitation Report
Station Number: MD-MG-115
Station Name: Rockville 2.8 WNW
Observation Date 7/27/2018 11:59 PM
Submitted 7/29/2018 4:00 AM
Total Precip Amount 0.16 in.

Notes
High temp 89.2° @ 1440
Low temp 69.2° @ 2358
Midnight observation Partly cloudy, cooler, still damp, temp 69.2°,                                                                           

dew point temperature 67.2°, 
relative humidity 93%,                                                                                                                                   barometric pressure 30.02″ and steady.

Sunny, clear AM, very warm, turning cloudy PM with brief shower mid-afternoon,
max rain rate 2.47″/hour @ 1548.

Dew point temps ranged from a high of 76° @ 0948 down to a low of 66° @ 1803.

Monthly precipitation now 7.73″ and year-to-date is now 30.00″.

Duration Information
Precipitation Began 3:45 PM
Precipitation Ended 4:00 PM
Duration Time Accuracy Reasonably Accurate
Additional Information
Additional Data Recorded Yes
Flooding No

Daily Precipitation Report
Station Number: MD-MG-115
Station Name: Rockville 2.8 WNW
Observation Date 7/28/2018 11:59 PM
Submitted 7/29/2018 4:14 AM
Total Precip Amount 0.00 in.
Notes
High temp 85.0° @ 1639
Low temp 68.6° @ 0431
Midnight observation, clear, warm but not too damp,

temp 71.7°,                                                                             

dew point 65.2°,
relative humidity 80%,                                                                                                                                    barometric pressure 30.08″ R.

During the day, partly to mostly sunny skies, a bit less humid and seasonably warm.

Dew point temps ranged from a high of 69° @ 0812 down to a low of 61° @ 1556.

Monthly precipitation total remains at 7.73″ and year-to-date total remains at 30.00″.

Taken at registered location Yes

Today’s featured image is from our birthday dinner at Nantuckets Reef across the street from my apartment on Saturday evening. Kevin Shaw (birthday July 29), Rick Holden (birthday March 25), and Marty Brumback (birthday July 30) are in the picture, from left to right. A mini-weather observer get together in a nice social setting, talking about mutual weather observing issues of the day. Marty and Rick did a bit of work on my VP2 weather station earlier as Marty showed Rick the current setup. Rick got a radiation shield from Marty who had been storing it for me. Rick had worked on the radiation shield earlier in the year, cleaning it up considerably with a lot of elbow grease helped out by an appropriate grit sandpaper and various cleaning solutions.

After one more day of rain-less, partly cloudy skies on Sunday, rain chances ramp up for the next week as we bridge from July into August. Temps should be pretty steady and not extreme during this time, with highs in the low-mid 80s and low in the upper 60s-lower 70s. Isolated storms (30 POP) on Monday increase to scattered thunderstorms (60 POP) from Tuesday through Thursday. Conditions are not expected to generally be as rainy as the previous week was, but localized downpours are definitely possible at any time.