Wednesday was a bit cooler due to more clouds and light showers in the late afternoon and smoky haze partially obscuring the skies earlier in the day. We warmed up to the mid 80s in the early afternoon. The day featured partly sunny, hazy/smoky skies at times, with clearing skies in the evening after a cold frontal passage. The daily minimum temperature in the lower 70s was reached in the late evening just before midnight. The smoke continued to blow in from the wildfires out West.

The winds picked up significantly from the frontal passage, veering to a cooling off northerly direction, peaking mid afternoon. Barometric pressures were highest in the late evening while the lowest was in the later mid-afternoon.

Thursday looks to be pleasant with partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Friday and Saturday should be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the lower 70s. Sunday should be partly sunny and hotter with highs in the lower 90s and lows in the low 70s with a 30 POP for scattered thunderstorms.

Statistics for Wednesday:

High temp 85.2 at 1409

Low temp 71.5 at 2355

Max humidity 91% at 2002

Min humidity 54% at 1607

Max dew point 72 at 1018

Min dew point 64 at 2125

Max barometric pressure 30.06″ at 2352

Low barometric pressure 29.88″ at 1653

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 28 MPH from the N at 1455

Wednesday’s average daily wind speed 6.6 (BWI) 7.5 (IAD)

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

Daily total precipitation 0.26″ (BWI 0 IAD 0)

July total precipitation 3.13″

Year-to-date total precipitation 17.42″

Sunrise 0601 (EDT)

Sunset 2030 (EDT)

Moon Waxing Gibbous

Currently at 0240 AM EDT Thursday we have clear skies with a temperature of 67.5, barometer 30.08″ and rising, relative humidity 85%, dew point 63, winds E-NE 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 attached image for today shows Saturday afternoon’s thunderstorm clouds building out my bedroom window.