Thursday was a mostly sunny, seasonably mild day for early April. Clouds started to filter in late with a rain system moving in early on this Friday morning as I type this, as rain started to fall about 0300 (Friday). That is the first measurable rain to fall at my station since Thursday, April 1.

Rain looks to continue to fall through most of the day on Friday, be mostly cloudy on Saturday, then showers and possible thunderstorms resuming on Sunday.

Temperatures should reach into the 70s on Saturday and Sunday after cooling 60s on Friday with the rain. Next week looks seasonable and dry to start out. 

Statistics for Thursday: 

High temp 70.1 at 1619

Low temp 53.9 at 0639

Max humidity 70% at 2313

Min humidity 36% at 0229

Max dew point 50 at 1409

Min dew point 32 at 0319

Max baro pressure 30.10″ at 1047

Low baro pressure 29.99″ at 0003

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 25 MPH from the South at 1816

Currently at 0435 AM EDT Friday the temperature is 51.2, barometer 30.06″ and steady, relative humidity 92% , dew point 49, winds around 4 MPH from the E. So far 0.31″ of rain has fallen since midnight into the tipping bucket VP2 gauge at the USG site across the street from me. 

Today’s feature image is of my rain gauge and surroundings scene looking west towards an approaching sunset at about 1830 hours on Thursday.