Partly sunny, warmer, snow cover wipe-out update for Sunday, February 3, 2019 from West Rockville, Maryland
Partly cloudy, warmer on Sunday with high temps up in the lower 50s after early AM lows in the mid 20s. The sun and soaring temps into the 50s helped wipe out the remaining snow cover so we are down to bare ground in all but a very few artificial snow pile areas unfortunately.
The maximum temperature was 52.3° at 1422.
The minimum temperature was 26.7° at 0547.
Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 24° @ 0000 up to a high of 38° @ 1352.
Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 91% @ 0604 down to a low of 57% @ 1341.
Barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.21″ @ 1116 down to a low of 30.10″ @ 1711.
Sunday had no new precipitation. My final January monthly total was 3.58″ with my year-to-date total now at 3.65″ for 2019. So far, my February total is 0.07″.
No snow fell on Sunday. There is no natural cover of snow left on the ground now. My year-to-date snowfall is 16.1″ with the seasonal total at 18.2″.
My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall – use the cocorahs link shown below for that dataset) is showing regularly on Weather Underground. My data is posted there every 5 minutes. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time now as it is being updated on a 5 minute interval. The web address for my data on weather underground is:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200
I contribute my precipitation data 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, just as it does on WxLink 2.0. The tipping bucket has been producing erratic values at times so should not be used save for general precipitation timing. For example during our big snowstorm back in mid-January the snow didn’t melt at all during the storm, and only started to record precipitation amounts a few days later when the sun and
above freezing temperatures started to melt the snow.
I actually use the data I post to CoCoRaHS from my 4 inch CoCoRaHS gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day. I also use a snow stake outside my balcony window to get an idea on how much snow has fallen (while it is snowing) and how much snow is on the ground.
Sunny with highs in the mid 50s on Monday and lows above freezing in the mid 30s.
Partly cloudy with highs in the low 60s on Tuesday and lows around 40°.
The rest of the week looks mild and unsettled, with rain/shower chances each day and high temperatures in the 60s and lows mostly in the 40s till late Friday when temps will drop back into the more seasonable 20s and continue into the weekend with clearing skies and max temps in the 40s.
Midnight Sunday night found the temperature at 35.8°, relative humidity 85%, pressure falling at 30.12″ and the dew point at 31.7° under clear skies.
Currently at 0443 the temperature is 36.9° under clear skies, relative humidity at 88%, barometric pressure now steady
at 30.11″, and the dew point at 34°.
Good early morning from the (no longer) snowywalrus on this clear, calm, bare-ground landscape here on Monday.