Cloudy overnight with snow developing around 0600 and continuing moderate to heavy at times through the morning with temperatures holding in the 20s till changing over to freezing rain, mist, sleet and snow during the midday hour. There was a brief rain shower in the late evening after temperatures creeped just over the freezing mark during most of the PM hours. Pictures of today’s snow is the subject of my featured image, and also embedded in the report below. 

The maximum temperature was 34.0° at 0104.

The minimum temperature was 27.6° at 0411.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 12° @ 0000 up to a high of 31° @ 2352.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 41% @ 0000 up to a high of 95% @ 2304.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.62″ @ 0045 down to a low of 30.06″ @ 2350.

Wednesday had 0.75″ of melted precipitation. My February monthly total is now 2.61″ with my year-to-date total now at 6.19″ for 2019.

5.5″ of snow/sleet fell on Wednesday. My February total snowfall is now 7.3″ with the seasonal total at 24.3″.

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 my 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 except 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. The same thing happened with the snowstorm today. 

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.

Thursday should be partly cloudy and milder. Highs should reach the low 50s, lows around the freezing mark.

Friday should be cloudy and cooler. High temps should be in the mid 40s with lows once again around the freezing mark.

Saturday looks cloudy and cooler with a good chance for rain with temps around 40°.

Sunday looks cloudy and rainy during the earlier part of the day, but with partial afternoon sun temps could reach the mid 60s. Lows around the freezing mark.

Monday should be sunny with highs around 50° and lows in the mid-upper 20s. 

Midnight Wednesday night found the temperature at 32.3°, relative humidity 95%, pressure falling at 30.06″ and the dew point at 31.0° under a still cloudy sky. There was 5″ of snow on the ground at my snow stake.

Currently at 0612 the temperature is 32.1° under cloudy skies, relative humidity at 95%, barometric pressure falling at 30.03″, and the dew point at 31°. Still 5 inches of snow on the ground according to my snow stake.

Good morning from the now snowywalrus on this cloudy Thursday.  See the featured image in today’s post showing off my Wednesday snow. It was taken during a brief burst around 1130 just before the snow lessened and changed over to a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow. Also check out my courtyard picture of the snow below.