Cloudy, warmer, still somewhat wet update for Saturday April 13, 2019 in West Rockville Maryland
Saturday was mostly cloudy/foggy and somewhat wet (0.11″) early AM, then warmer and drier with partly cloudy skies during the afternoon, then clouding up in the evening once again. High temps reached into the mid 70s by mid-afternoon, after early AM lows in the lower 60s. Dense fog developed about 0715 and persisted till about 0845 when it started to lift out. Please see today’s featured image for a glimpse at what it looked like at the height of this foggy activity.
The maximum temperature was 74.2° at 1501.
The minimum temperature was 61.4° at 0000.
The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 63° @ 1006 down to a low of 52° @ 1233.
The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 97% @ 0644 down to a low of 49% @ 1305.
The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.13″ @ 0834 down to a low of 30.00″ @ 2343.
Saturday had 0.11″ of precipitation. April now has a total of 0.72″ of precipitation. The year-to-date total is now 12.41″.
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.
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.
Sunday should be mostly cloudy and warm with highs once again up in the mid 70s. Showers and thundershowers should develop ahead of a cold front sometime during the evening or overnight into Monday. Lows will be dropping into the 50s by late evening.
Monday should be partly cloudy, cooler and windy at times, with highs in the upper 50s and lows around 40°.
Sunny on Tuesday with highs in the mid-upper 60s and lows around 50°.
Wednesday and Thursday looks to be partly to mostly cloudy and warm, with highs in the mid 70s, lows in the mid 50s on Wednesday and low 60s on Thursday but as of now remaining dry.
Midnight Saturday night found the temperature to be 63.4°, relative humidity 89%, pressure falling at 30.01″ and the dew point at 60.1° under mostly cloudy skies.
Currently at 0715 the temperature is 61.6° under cloudy skies with light fog, relative humidity at 95%, barometric pressure falling at 29.94″, and the dew point at 60°.
Good morning from the walrus on this cloudy, damp Sunday.