Friday was mostly sunny with some cloudiness at times, milder with winds slowly diminishing. Low temperatures started out in the slightly milder mid 30s, rising into the lower 60s by mid-afternoon. Winds veered slightly to more of a straight westerly direction while gradually diminishing as the day progressed.

Turning mostly cloudy and seasonable in temperature in the mid 60s after morning lows around 40, with afternoon showers developing on Saturday.

Clearing out on Sunday and Monday with seasonable temperatures, highs in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 40s before a major warm up begins on Tuesday with highs reaching near the 80 mark then into the low-mid 80s on Wednesday and Thursday with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Partly cloudy skies should prevail.

Statistics for Friday:

High temp 63.1 at 1516

Low temp 35.8 at 0647

Max humidity 80% at 0711

Min humidity 32% at 1520

Max dew point 35 at 2355

Min dew point 26 at 0000

Max baro pressure 30.20″ at 0844

Low baro pressure 30.04″ at 1826

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 30 MPH from the W at 1116

Today’s average daily wind speed 8.6 (BWI) 6.8 (IAD)

Today’s average sky cover 0.3 (BWI) 0.3 (IAD)

Total daily precipitation 0.00″

Monthly total precipitation is 1.44″

Sunrise 0619 (EDT)

Sunset 1954 (EDT)

Moon Waxing Gibbous

Currently at 0540 AM EDT Saturday clear skies with the temperature at 40.9, barometer 30.08″ and falling, relative humidity 77% , dew point 34, winds NW at 3 MPH. No 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 a different view out my balcony looking basically down early Monday evening showing a bit of spring “bud out.” Full leaf out should be in about a week.