Friday was cloudy and chilly with temperatures holding in the 40s all day and steady light rain starting to fall in the evening (0.55″ for calendar day Friday up to midnight EDT) and extending overnight into Saturday. Winds should be increasing on Saturday as the LOW center moves closer and the pressure gradient tightens up. 

Friday’s max temperature was 47.1° at 1551.

Friday’s min temperature was 40.0° at 0451.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 37° @ 0612 up to a high of 44° @ 2358.

Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 2231 down to a low of 78% @ 1423.

Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.29″ @ 0000 down to a low of 30.12″ @ 2111.

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.

Friday had 0.55″ of rain. October 2018 so far has had 1.94″ of rainfall at my location with my year-to-date precipitation now finally over the 50 inch mark at 50.36″.

Friday was cloudy and cool with a later start to the steady light rain (about 1900) than forecasted yesterday as our first nor’easter of the season moves up the east coast for Friday evening into Saturday with rain, heavy at times (but have not seen it yet as of 0500 Saturday) with winds picking up from the NE into lower gale force range in gusts at times. Latest QPF (Quantatative Precipitation forecast) figures I have seen lately are running lower than yesterday’s in the 1-2 inch range in the region. Cooler on Friday with upper 40s for highs, low 40s for lows which will be quite chilly during the rainy periods.

Saturday should be cloudy and cool with an 80 POP for rain with highs in the low 50s and lows in the lower mid 40s. Remaining windy at times during most of the day, but slowly decreasing later in the day as winds veer from the NE to a more NW direction as the storm exits our area to the NE.

Sunday looks to remain cloudy with highs in the upper mid 50s and lows in the mid 40s and only a 20 POP for rain.

Monday should be partly cloudy and continued cool with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the upper 30s.

Tuesday looks to be sunny with highs around 60° and lows in the upper 40s. Halloween Wednesday looks to be mostly sunny and milder, with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 50s. A good night for the trick or treaters. 

Currently at 0510 the temperature is 49.6°, dew point temperature 48°, relative humidity 95%, and barometric pressure at 29.62″ and falling.

Fall color has been popping out locally this week, with probably 10-20 % color now in the area.

Currently the sky is cloudy but rain-free for the moment with temperatures just under the 50° mark.

Good morning from the Walrus early on this Saturday.

Kevin