Mostly sunny , cooler, drier, breezy update from West Rockville Maryland for Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Wednesday was mostly sunny, breezy at times, cooler and drier. High temps reached the lower mid 60s by mid-afternoon after early AM lows fell to the upper 40s. Dew point temperatures topped out at 50° at midnight, dropping gradually all day till hitting the lowest value of the day in the upper 30s just prior to midnight.
Wednesday’s max temperature was 63.8° at 1446.
Wednesday’s min temperature was 48.2° at 0615.
Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 50° @ 0000 down to a low of 38° @ 2320.
Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 94% @ 0415 down to a low of 42% @ 1631.
Barometric pressure ranged from a low of 30.02″ @ 1454 up to a high of 30.24″ @ 2355.
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.
Wednesday had 0.00″ of rain. October 2018 has had 1.28″ of rainfall at my location with my year-to-date precipitation at 49.70″.
Overnight Tuesday into Wednesday was clear, cooler and breezy at times.
Through the day on Wednesday we had mostly sunny skies with temperatures starting out in the upper 40s in the early AM, rising into the lower mid 60s by mid-afternoon. Temps dropped to the lower 50s by midnight observation under clear skies. Dew points dropped from 50° at midnight down to the upper 30s by late evening.
evening.
Thursday should be sunny and cooler, with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the upper 30s with perhaps some scattered areas of frost in some rural areas outside the major cities.
Friday should be mostly sunny with high temps in the mid 60s and lows warming up Sat AM to the low 50s.
Saturday should be cloudy with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 40s.
Sunday looks partly cloudy and cooler once again, with highs around 50° and lows in the mid 30s with more potential chances for frost out here in the suburbs.
Monday should be mostly sunny and a bit warmer, with highs in the mid 50s and lows around 40°.
Currently at 0741 the temperature is 42.9°, dew point temperature 32°, relative humidity 66%, and barometric pressure at 30.42″ and rising.
Currently the sky is mostly sunny.
Good morning from the Walrus early on this Thursday.
Kevin