Sunday was mostly cloudy, cooler with no rain but still humid. We only reached the lower 80s for highs with dew points not quite as high as yesterday, ranging up to the
mid 70s. We peaked with our cooler max temperature (81.1) of the day in the later mid-afternoon. The low temperature for the day (in the low 70s) was reached in the
early morning hours at sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (12 MPH) was even lighter than yesterday, “peaking” in the earlier stages of the mid-afternoon and veering back over to a southwesterly
direction. Barometric pressures were highest right around midnight while the lowest was reached about 24 hours later in the late evening hours.

Partly cloudy, dry skies should follow Monday, with highs around 90 with lows around 70. Tuesday should be cloudy and cooler with highs in the low 80s and lows in the
upper 60s but dry. Wednesday and Thursday should be cooler with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low-mid 60s on Wednesday and mid 50s on Thursday with cloudy skies and rain, possibly heavy at times with flooding from the remnants of tropical system Ida streaming NE into our area from the Gulf of Mexico where she made landfall on Sunday as a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane. What a wet way to start off the month of September in our area!

Statistics for Sunday:

High temp 81.1 at 1609

Low temp 71.3 at 0637

Max humidity 92% at 0525

Min humidity 75% at 1633

Max dew point 74 at 1533

Min dew point 69 at 0345

Max barometric pressure 30.23″ at 0003

Low barometric pressure 30.05″ at 2351

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 12 MPH from the SW at 1429

Sunday’s average daily wind speed 5.6 (BWI) 4.0 (IAD)

Sunday’s average sky cover 0.9 (BWI) 1.0 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

August total precipitation 6.06″

Year-to-date total precipitation 25.08″

Sunrise 0636 (EDT)

Sunset 1944 (EDT)

Moon Last Quarter

Currently at 0108 AM EDT Monday we have clear skies, a temperature of 73.7, barometer 30.05″ and falling, relative humidity 92%, dew point 72, winds S-SW 0-5 MPH. No rain so far 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 the look out my screened bedroom window to the east on Friday at about 1430 on 8/27 before the severe thunderstorm hit with menacing clouds building quickly.