Monday improved on the temperature, rainfall and cloudiness department in honor of Memorial Day. Partly to mostly sunny skies dominated the scene with much milder max temps (low 70s) than over the earlier days of the weekend. The low temps started out with the lowest values of the weekend (mid-upper 40s), with the high and low for the day reached at more traditional times for the day. The winds were relatively light from a drier W direction. Barometric pressures were highest and lowest during an about 6 hour window in the morning hours.

Tuesday starts the month of June with partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50. Warming up to around the 80 mark on Wednesday under cloudy skies then warming up further with increasing humidity on Thursday and Friday and also increasing chances of showers and thundershowers both days. Drying out some heading into the weekend with a hot spell into the 90s looming next week with lows only bottoming out around 70 by mid week.

Statistics for Monday:

High temp 72.8 at 1711

Low temp 47.5 at 0543

Max humidity 94% at 0618

Min humidity 43% at 1733

Max dew point 55 at 1214

Min dew point 46 at 0316

Max barometric pressure 30.34″ at 0855

Low barometric pressure 30.25″ at 0253

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 18 MPH from the W at 1643

Monday’s average daily wind speed 4.5 (BWI) 4.9 (IAD)

Monday’s average sky cover 0.4 (BWI) 0.4 (IAD)

May 31 total precipitation 0.00″

Monthly May total precipitation 2.25″

Year-to-date total precipitation 13.20″

Sunrise 0545 (EDT)

Sunset 2029 (EDT)

Moon Last Quarter

Currently at 0430 AM EDT Tuesday clear skies with a temperature of 54.8, barometer 30.28″ and steady, relative humidity 89%, dew point 52 , winds S-SW at 5-10 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 was one taken around sunset back on August 20 2020 to see if you can detect any major differences from the pictures I have been posting the past few weeks. It still is basically showing the same scene, looking west past my cocorahs 4-inch rain gauge through more cloudy, dry skies at the time.