Wednesday held Tuesday’s pleasant max temps in check with highs in the upper 70s reached by mid-late afternoon. Mostly sunny skies also predominated during the day.
Minimum temps in the lower 60s were reached in the early morning hours. Dew points dropped from the upper 50s at midnight down to the pleasant mid 40s by early evening.

The winds also held Tuesday’s moderate pace during the afternoon veering around a bit to a NW direction. Barometric pressures were lowest in the early morning hours
and highest in the latest stages of the evening.

Thursday should be partly to mostly sunny with the cooler temps continuing, highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 50s. Warming up on Friday through the weekend
with partly to mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid-upper 80s and lows in the mid-upper 60s, then cloudy with showers possible on Monday with highs in the
mid-upper 80s and lows around 70.

Statistics for Wednesday:

High temp 78.3 at 1656

Low temp 60.9 at 0626

Max humidity 82% at 0249

Min humidity 35% at 1721

Max dew point 58 at 0001

Min dew point 46 at 1839

Max barometric pressure 29.99″ at 2351

Low barometric pressure 29.87″ at 0000

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 24 MPH from the NW at 1332

Wednesday’s average daily wind speed 5.7 (BWI) 8.6 (IAD)

Wednesday’s average sky cover 0.4 (BWI) 0.5 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.00″

June total precipitation 1.51″ (revised amount – based on revised 6/14 total 0.42″

Year-to-date total precipitation 14.71″ (updated)

Sunrise 0543 (EDT)

Sunset 2037 (EDT)

Moon First Quarter

Currently at 0320 AM EDT Thursday we have clear skies with a temperature of 60.8, barometer 30.00″ and steady, relative humidity 63%, dew point 48,
winds around N at 0-5 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 Wednesday evening out at my cocorahs rain gauge looking west just prior to sunset through partly cloudy skies.