Thursday was another pleasantly cooler than normal day with highs in the upper mid 70s reached in the later mid-afternoon period. Partly sunny skies predominated all day, mostly puffy, fair-weather cumulus at times. Minimum temps also remained comfortably cool today with the lowest readings in the mid 50s occurring in the early morning hours just after sunrise.

The winds picked up a wee bit but were still light, blowing in from the SE, peaking in the early afternoon. Barometric pressures were highest around midday and lowest by early evening.

Friday should start a slight (at first) warm up with partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 70s, lows in the mid 50s, then partly cloudy skies on Saturday through Monday but dry with highs in the upper 80s early to low-mid 90s later in the period with lows mostly in the lower 70s.

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 77.4 at 1416

Low temp 55.2 at 0624

Max humidity 90% at 0635

Min humidity 42% at 1144

Max dew point 58 at 1412

Min dew point 51 at 1107

Max barometric pressure 30.39″ at 1143

Low barometric pressure 30.27″ at 1811

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 16 MPH from the SE at 1306

Thursday’s average daily wind speed 5.3 (BWI) 2.9 (IAD)

Thursday’s average sky cover 0.3 (BWI) 0.2 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.00″

June total precipitation 2.07″

Year-to-date total precipitation 15.27″

Sunrise 0544 (EDT)

Sunset 2039 (EDT)

Moon Full Moon

Currently at 0355 AM EDT Friday we have clear skies with a temperature of 60.2, barometer 30.29″ and falling, relative humidity 84%, dew point 55, winds S-SE 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 showed a bit of Monday night’s post sunset westerly view past the rain gauge through some of the leftover clouds from the earlier evening thunderstorm.