Monday was partly cloudy, warmer with no rain but still humid. We reached the upper 80s for highs with dew points a bit higher than yesterday, ranging up to the mid 70s. We peaked with our warmer max temperature (88.1) 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 about 1/2 hour prior to sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (27 MPH) picked up considerably from yesterday’s light reading, peaking in the late afternoon, veering slightly over to a westerly direction. Barometric pressures were highest at midnight while the lowest was reached in the early evening.

Tuesday should be cloudy and cooler with highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s with late day showers and storms developing ahead of the remnants of tropical system Ida. 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 possible flooding (flash flood watches have been posted for our area from Wednesday at 1100 till early Thursday) from Ida’s remnants streaming NE into our area from the Southern Gulf states What a wet way to start off the month of September in our area !!!! Friday should improve on conditions with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50s and dry.

Statistics for Monday:

High temp 88.1 at 1555

Low temp 72.7 at 0607

Max humidity 95% at 0627

Min humidity 63% at 1533

Max dew point 76 at 0955

Min dew point 71 at 0047

Max barometric pressure 30.06″ at 0000

Low barometric pressure 29.83″ at 1831

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 27 MPH from the W at 1732

Monday’s average daily wind speed 5.2 (BWI) 3.9 (IAD)

Monday’s average sky cover 0.6 (BWI) 0.5 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0.69″ IAD 0.01″)

August total precipitation 6.06″

Year-to-date total precipitation 25.08″

Sunrise 0637 (EDT)

Sunset 1942 (EDT)

Moon Last Quarter

Currently at 0200 AM EDT Tuesday we have fair skies, a temperature of 73.7, barometer 29.85″ and steady, relative humidity 91%, dew point 71, winds NW-N-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.