Wednesday was partly sunny, significantly warmer and more humid, still dry though isolated showers did fall in parts of the region, though nothing fell at my station. The morning started out with a stratus overcast with ight fog, but burned off by mid-morning as temperatures soared to around 90 after early AM mins around 70.  Dew point temperatures ranged from the mid 60s in the very early AM and the very late PM, but rose into the sultry mid 70s during by mid-morning through much of the afternoon.  

The maximum temperature was 89.5 degrees at 1625.

The minimum temperature was 70.1 degrees at 0302.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 75 degrees @ 1053 down to a low of 65 degrees @ 2336.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 93% @ 0512 down to a low of 56% @ 1412.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.01 inches @ 0043 down to a low of 29.89 inches @ 1640.

There was no precipitation on Wednesday so the monthly total remains at 0.39 inches. The year-to-date total is 38.05 inches.

My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall so please use the cocorahs link shown below) 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, available in real-time 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 and can be found on the web at 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 on most days 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.

I arose as usual in the afternoon after a few games on my phone and phone calls while resting in bed. I had my usual late breakfast of cereal, the rest of the milk, banana, and coffee then got ready for my grocery delivery, which came around 1730, and wes efficiently delivered with no problems. I had everything put away by 1800. I made a salad for dinner several hours later in the late evening, along with the rest of the mashed potatoes I made earlier in the week. During my waking time I caught more of the Weather Channel’s 24/7 coverage of Dorian, along with local news coverage, seeing more of the incredible damage the storm laid on the Bahamas. Dorian was moving NNW now at a faster rate of speed towards the Carolinas.  Hurricane watches and warnings were posted all up and down the SE coast from northern FL up to North Carolina, and even tropical storm watches were extended into southern VA towards the end of the day. The storm has strengthened a bit and is now up to a Category 3 storm again, with 115 MPH winds at last report.  It is a dangerous storm that still needs to be monitored closely. .

Thursday should be mostly cloudy and much cooler, with highs staying in the 70s and lows in the 60s with possible light drizzle/sprinkles at times in the afternoon. .

Friday should have cloudy skies, with stiff NE breezes from the departing storm and remaining relatively cool with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the upper 50s with showers possible as Dorian steams by our latitude well to the east out in the Atlantic Ocean.

Saturday and Sunday should be mostly sunny and warmer, with highs in the low-mid 80s and lows in the low-mid 60s.

Hurricane Dorian is still looming big-time, well to the south. It looks to make landfall somewhere around Myrtle Beach SC to Wilmington NC sometime Thursday, and Cape Hatteras/Cape Lookout on Friday.  I still will be watching it closely in the days ahead to see how it tracks up the East Coast.

On Midnight Wednesday the temperature was 79.5 degrees, relative humidity 62%, pressure rising at 29.98 inches and the dew point temperature at 65 degrees under partly cloudy skies.

Currently at 0458 Thursday morning the temperature is 71.3 degrees under cloudy skies, relative humidity at 73%, barometric pressure steady at 30.02 inches, and the dew point temperature at 62 degrees.

Good early morning from the walrus on this cloudy Thursday.