Tuesday was cloudy, foggy and muggy in the early AM, but by late morning warmed up to about 80° with partly sunny skies and generally humid conditions. Clouds returned late evening and overnight into Wednesday. No rain fell. Dew point temperatures started in the early AM in the upper 60s but rose into the low 70s by the early afternoon.

Tuesday’s max temperature was 80.4° at 1540.

Tuesday’s min temperature was 70.3° at 0140.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 69° @ 0103 up to a high of 73° @ 1236.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0000 down to a low of 71% @ 1539.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.35″ @ 0003 down to a low of 30.20″ @ 2351.

You can get my VP2 data on Weatherlink. I have migrated over to Weatherlink 2.0 so I have a new link for my data. You can now access the data through:

https://www.weatherlink.com/map/5aa32916-94c7-4a40-a2d0-0b74abfc8d8f

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.

The web address for my data on weather underground is:

https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200

I contribute daily to cocorahs as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 on https://www.cocorahs.org/

Please remember that Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge.

I actually use the data I post to cocorahs from my 4″ cocorahs gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day.

October 2018 has had 0.01″ of rainfall at my location so far with my year-to-date precipitation at 48.43″.

Overnight Monday into Tuesday was mostly cloudy, foggy, and damp. Dew points held around the 70° mark in the AM.

Tuesday was partly cloudy, continued warm and humid, with highs around 80° and lows around 70°.

Wednesday looks to be partly cloudy with AM clouds and PM sun, warm and humid with highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 70s.

Thursday should be cloudy with highs in the upper 70s, lows cooling off late into the mid 50s, and a 90 POP for showers and thunderstorms. The remnants of Hurricane Michael and a vigorous cold front from the Midwest should give us a good dosing most of Thursday afternoon and evening. 

Friday should be partly sunny, notably cooler and drier, with highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 40s, our first such lows of the fall season.

Saturday should be partly sunny as a brilliant fall day, with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the low-mid 40s. 

Sunday should remain cool and dry, with highs in the upper-low 60s and lows in the low 50s. 

Our first freeze/frost still looks to be a few weeks away, as it has been trending later in the fall over the past few years. Mountain areas above 3500 feet might even see a few snow flakes sometime over the weekend, most likely late Friday or Saturday.  Other lower elevations in the mountain region might have a shot at a frost or freeze this weekend.

Early fall color change is minimal so far, with only spotty locations showing any. What I hope to see more of in a few weeks is reflected in today’s featured image, taken up at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA last week.

Currently at 0540 the temperature is 71.1°, dew point temperature 70°,

relative humidity 95%, and barometric pressure at 30.14″ and falling.

Currently I have cloudy skies with damp/warm overnight temperatures around 70°.

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Wednesday.

Kevin