Saturday was a pleasant day with partly cloudy skies, moderate humidity, and seasonably warm temperatures. Max temps reached the low 80s in the late mid- afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the mid 60s was reached during the usual time in the early morning just after sunrise.

The winds lessened into the lighter range, veering over to a westerly direction. Barometric pressures were lowest overnight while peaking mid-day.

Sunday through Thursday should be partly cloudy, hot and humid with highs in the upper 80s Sunday to mid 90s on Tuesday with the best chances of showers and storms on Monday and Wednesday, with lows in the 70-75 range.

Statistics for Saturday:

High temp 81.5 at 1620

Low temp 66.6 at 0629

Max humidity 90% at 0028

Min humidity 54% at 1734

Max dew point 72 at 0002

Min dew point 60 at 0725

Max barometric pressure 30.07″ at 1155

Low barometric pressure 29.96″ at 0359

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 19 MPH from the W at 1622

Saturday’s average daily wind speed 5.4 (BWI) 6.2 (IAD)

Saturday’s average sky cover 0.7 (BWI) 0.5 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

July total precipitation 1.45″

Year-to-date total precipitation 16.74″

Sunrise 0552 (EDT)

Sunset 2036 (EDT)

Moon New Moon

Currently at 0244 AM EDT Sunday we have mostly cloudy skies with a temperature of 73.8, barometer 30.04″ and steady, relative humidity 77%, dew point 66, winds S-SW 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.

The featured image for today shows storm clouds in a local parking lot late in the afternoon of Thursday, July 1.