Persistent seasonable cold continued for Saturday, along with mostly sunny skies most of the day with high clouds at times from the big rainstorm well to my south. Continued high pressure is keeping the storm away this weekend. Saturday’s max temps reached the mid 30s once again after lows in the mid 20s under calm, dry skies. Dew point temperatures remained mostly in the low-mid 20s all day. 

The maximum temperature was 36.6 degrees at 1508.

The minimum temperature was 25.3 degrees at 0729.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 19 degrees @ 0000 up to a high of 25 degrees @ 1242.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 61% @ 1538 up to a high of 85% @ 2348.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.59 inches @ 0218 down to a low of 30.40 inches @ 2359.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 9 MPH at 1122 from the SW.

There was no precipitation Saturday. My December monthly total precipitation is 2.57 inches.

There was no snow on Saturday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The year-to-date precipitation corrected total is 48.68 inches.

My current downstairs station data is now 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/dashboard/pws/KMDROCKV200 .

I contribute my precipitation data daily to CoCoRaHS as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 and can be found on http://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 (when I have had rain that is) 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.

The pre-holiday preparations have begun and, as usual, I am already way behind with a rapidly mounting activity list. On Saturday, I slept in some and watched some NFL football on a special tripleheader on the NFL network and finished and emailed off my November weather summary to the NJWO editor and blog.   Yesterday’s “dinner” was so good I had a repeat performance with a tuna fish salad sandwich with cheese and sliced tomatoes and onions on a sliced fresh untoasted everything bagel along with some deviled egg potato salad and a delicious chocolate chip muffin (they didn’t have my favorite chocolate chip cookies available this time unfortunately). Later on I had some bite-size Mounds candy bites that were also really yummy. 

This blocking HIGH will remain in place one more day so Sunday will still be seasonably cold and partly sunny with highs remaining in the mid 30s and lows in the low-mid 20s.

Next week through Christmas on Wednesday looks partly cloudy and milder, with high temps in the mid 40s to low 50s and lows in the mid 20s to low 30s. Partly cloudy and milder on Thursday and Friday with highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid-upper 30s but remaining dry as it looks now. 

At Midnight Saturday, clear skies with a temperature of 26.9 degrees, relative humidity 85%, pressure falling at 30.40 inches with a dew point temperature of 23 degrees.

Currently at 0701 EST Sunday the temperature is 24.4 degrees under high cirrus and cirrostratus dry skies, relative humidity at 89%, barometric pressure steady at 30.36 inches, and the dew point temperature at 22 degrees. Winds are averaging 4 MPH over the past 10 minutes from the SSW. Peak wind gust since midnight has been 5 MPH from the S at 0107.

Good morning from the walrus on this high cloud overcast, calm, cold early Sunday.