Wednesday was a partly cloudy, warmer day with late evening clouds and rain showers (0.24″) just before and at midnight. We reached the mid 80s for highs with dew points rising from the low 60s early up to the lower 70s by late afternoon. We peaked with a warmer max temperature (85.5) of the day in the later mid-afternoon. The low temperature for the day (in the mid 60s) was reached in the early morning almost 2 hours before sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (22 MPH) was the same speed as yesterday, peaking in the later afternoon, veering around to a S direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the very early morning while the lowest was reached in the late afternoon hours.

Early morning showers on Thursday should end around sunrise with clouds persisting most of the day. Friday starts a sunny, dry period through mid-week next week, with with highs in the mid-upper 70s on Friday and lows in the mid-upper 50s, then temperatures climbing each day through the 80s till getting close to 90 by next Wednesday. Lows should climb slowly through the period through the 60s.

Statistics for Wednesday:

High temp 85.5 at 1621

Low temp 66.9 at 0507

Max humidity 90% at 0726

Min humidity 59% at 1447

Max dew point 73 at 1735

Min dew point 62 at 0247

Max barometric pressure 29.95″ at 0007

Low barometric pressure 29.75″ at 1704

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 22 MPH from the S at 1643

Wednesday’s average daily wind speed 6.4 (BWI) 9.4 (IAD)

Wednesday’s average sky cover 0.5 (BWI) 0.4 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.24″ (BWI 0.35″ IAD 0.01″)

September total precipitation 2.20″

Year-to-date total precipitation 27.28″

Sunrise 0645 (EDT)

Sunset 1928 (EDT)

Moon Waxing Gibbous

Currently at 0332 AM EDT Thursday we have cloudy skies, a temperature of 68.3, barometer 29.83″ and steady, relative humidity 95%, dew point 67, winds NW-N 0-10 MPH. 0.23″of 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 some nice cirrus clouds looking up at the sky from the vicinity of the rain gauge on Saturday afternoon (9/4/2021).