Wednesday was partly cloudy warm and humid – more cloudy in the evening when light thundershowers fell (mostly thunder and lightning – only 0.01″ of rain) occurred but no severe weather here.  Area storm action was generally less than on Tuesday except for areas of Montgomery County just north of me, where flood warnings were posted for several inches of rain falling in the evening in the Mongomery Villaga, Clarksburg, and Damascus areas. Temperatures rose from the low 70s in the early AM to the upper-mid 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the low 70s during the cloudy, somewhat rainy evening. Dew point temperatures started out in the upper 60s in the AM hours, rising into the muggy mid 70s by mid afternoon and remaining in the low-mid 70s the rest of the day.

The maximum temperature was 87.0 degrees at 1616.

The minimum temperature was 70.7 degrees at 0459.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 69 degrees @ 0423 up to a high of 76 degrees @ 1809.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0158 down to a low of 59% @ 1533.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.90 inches @ 0001 down to a low of 29.68 inches @ 1842.

There was 0.01 inches of precipitation on Wednesday. There has been 2.03 inches of rain recorded so far in June. The year-to-date total is now 22.32 inches.

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 every day of late 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.

Tuesday was a day of cereal and leftover potato au gratin with turkey sausage for dinner. I finished up all of these items now so I have the rice chicken casserole I made yesterday for dinner on Thursday night after the weekly trivia game. I ordered my prodaxa medication online along with trazadone. Good to see a significantly lower cost for the prodaxa online vs. over the counter like I had to do for my initial order back in January.

Thursday should be partly to mostly cloudy, quite warm and humid with good chances (60-80%) of showers and severe storms in the afternoon and early evening with highs around 90° and lows in the upper 60s to lover 70s.

Friday and Saturday look mostly to partly sunny, not as warm, dry with lower dew points, with highs around 80° and lows in the upper 50s.

Sunday looks partly cloudy and warmer, with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s.

Midnight Wednesday recorded a muggy temperature of 77.0°, relative humidity 87%, pressure rising at 29.69 inches and a dew point temperature of 73° under mostly cloudy skies.

Currently at 0708 the temperature is 73.0° under mostly cloudy (altocumulus overcast) skies, relative humidity at 95%, barometric pressure steady at 29.62 inches, and a dew point of 71°.

Good morning from the walrus early on this Thursday. Today’s featured image is of a building cumulus taken mid-afternoon looking NE out of my kitchen window. Note the chaotic sky with the lower cumulus and the higher altostratus above it.