Thursday was partly cloudy and milder , with high temps in the low 40s  with lows in the mid 30s. Clouds increased late in advance of our next system for Friday, which has already dumped over an inch of snow at the current time during the overnight period. There was a nice sunset that I happened to catch in the early evening hours as shown in today’s featured image. Is that a glory in the picture? 

The maximum temperature was 43.1° at 1525.

The minimum temperature was 36.0° at 0000.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 34° @ 0206 down to a low of 18° @ 1739.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 92% @ 0410 down to a low of 39% @ 1739.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.96″ @ 0247 up to a high of 30.25″ @ 2132.

Thursday had no precipitation. My February monthly total finished at 3.44″ with my year-to-date total still at 7.02″.

No snow/sleet fell on Thursday. My February total snowfall finished at 7.3″ with the seasonal total still 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. This scenario also developed nicely a week ago as the sun melted most if not all of the snow in the tipping bucket rain gauge. 0.86″ passed through the tipping bucket all day Thursday even though no precipitation fell from the sky.

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 as I did a few minutes ago early on this Friday AM.

Clouds with light snow that has already fallen (from about 0300-0600 overnight) on Friday, with possible rain later, highs in the mid-30s and lows in the low 30s .

Saturday should be cloudy and milder, highs around 50° with lows around freezing.

Sunday should be cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 30s and lows in the lower 30s with rain and/or snow expected.

Monday will partially clear out, turning colder with highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid-upper teens.

Tuesday should also be partly cloudy with similar cold temps, highs in the mid 30s, lows in the mid teens.

Wednesday should be partly sunny and even colder by day, with possibly highs at or just under the freezing mark, lows in the upper teens. 

Midnight Thursday night found the temperature at 36.1°, relative humidity 53%, pressure steady at 30.23″
and the dew point at 20.7° under a cloudy sky.

Currently at 0805 the temperature is 31.8° under cloudy skies, relative humidity at 90%, barometric pressure rising
at 30.28″, and the dew point at 29°.

Good morning from the once again snowy walrus on this cloudy Friday. A sneak peak at this morning’s snow is shown in the embedded image below taken at 0700, about an hour ago.