Tuesday intensified our week-long heat up as max temps rose into the mid 90s under mostly sunny, dry skies. High temps reached the mid 90s by mid-late afternoon with
the daily min temp around 70 reached in the early morning a bit after sunrise.

The winds increased a bit well into the moderate range peaking in the early mid-afternoon, continuing in the hot, humid southwesterly direction established yesterday.
Barometric pressures were highest in the morning with the lowest in the early evening.

Partly sunny skies with heat and humidity continues in place on Wednesday with highs in the mid 90s before cooling slightly into the upper 80s on Thursday and mid 80s
on Friday with showers and storms likely under partly to mostly cloudy conditions. Lows should be in the low 70s on Wednesday and in the mid-upper 60s on both Thursday and Friday.

Statistics for Tuesday:

High temp 94.1 at 1617

Low temp 70.6 at 0606

Max humidity 91% at 0644

Min humidity 48% at 1625

Max dew point 76 at 1147

Min dew point 67 at 0511

Max barometric pressure 30.09″ at 0815

Low barometric pressure 29.96″ at 1828

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 23 MPH from the SW at 1427

Tuesday’s average daily wind speed 6.5 (BWI) 4.8 (IAD)

Tuesday’s average sky cover 0.2 (BWI) 0.1 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.00

July total precipitation 0.78″

Year-to-date total precipitation 16.07″

Sunrise 0550 (EDT)

Sunset 2037 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0100 AM EDT Wednesday we have clear skies with a temperature of 80.6, barometer 30.00″ and steady, relative humidity 75%, dew point 72, winds W-SW at around 5 MPH. No rain has fallen since midnight into the tipping bucket VP2 gauge at the USG site across the street from me.

The featured image for today shows storm clouds starting to build locally early on the afternoon of Thursday, July 1.