A sunny, warm, dry weather update for West Rockville Maryland for Sunday September 24 2017
Sunday was mostly sunny, warm and dry once again. Temperatures rose into the mid 80s with
lows in the mid 60s. Dew points started out lower (upper 50s) but later rose to the 70° mark.
Now at 0736 we have clear skies with temperatures in the mid 60s and the dew points in the
lower 60s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground below
my balcony (64.7°) was recorded at 0421 while the maximum temperature (85.7°) was recorded
at 1457. Dew point temps ranged from 59° up to 70°. Relative humidity values were higher
than yesterday (89% – 54%). Barometric values were about the same as yesterday, ranging
from 30.12″ at 0912 down to 30.02″ at 1704.
Remember now you can get the ground-based VP2 data on Weatherlink. You can access the
data through http://www.weatherlink.com/user/walrusman444
We now have clear skies with a few scattered high cirrus clouds with temperatures in the mid
60s at 0658 Monday. Sunny to partly cloudy skies will dominate our weather Monday through
Wednesday with very warm and dry conditions continuing. High temps should be in the mid-upper
80s with lows in the mid 60s. Some of those clouds will be from the outside dying bands of
weakening Hurricane Maria, currently a CAT 1 well east of the Florida coast heading north.
Thursday should turn a bit cooler, with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the low-mid 50s.
Cooler air will be working its way in by the end of the week and into the weekend as we
transition from September into October with rain hopefully starting to fall again at the beginning
of next week.
On Weatherbug at 0736 the radar is clear north and east of Florida and Alabama at this time.
As of 0736 EDT, the data from the VP2 (coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet
off the ground just under and out from the balcony), the Lakewood WXBug station and the USG
VP2 station across the street are as follows :
Station Relative Location Temp RH DP BP Wind High/Low temp today
VP2 Ground 69.9 87 66 30.03S NA 85.7/64.7
There was no rain in the cocorahs gauge on Sunday.
September precipitation through midnight obs tonight was 2.56″.
Year-to-date precipitation total is now computed at 33.56″
VP2 Across the street (USG) NA NA NA 30.08S NA NA/NA
There was no rain reported once again in the USG gauge on Sunday. The USG VP2 continues to
stay offline all day and is not providing me most data sets (save for barometric pressure
readings).
WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 70 95.6 65.3 30.04S Calm G SSE 1
140° from station 88/69
The Lakewood rain gauge reported no rain on Sunday.
Temp from the VP2 at 2400 was 69.7 RH 90% BP 30.04F DP 66.7.
Good morning from the sunny and mild Walrus early on this Monday.