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A cloudy, cold, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Wednesday November 8 2017

A cloudy, cold, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Wednesday November 8 2017

Wednesday cooled down a bit more, remaining cloudy all day but without any rain. From the upper 30s in the early AM we only rose to the mid 40s in the afternoon, then down to the low 40s by midnight under cold, relatively stable conditions all day. Today’s featured image highlights the cloudy sky as darkness descended late this afternoon about 1725. Cloudy skies have persisted overnight with a bit of occasional light rain the past hour or so (0.02″…

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A cloudy, colder, wet update for West Rockville Maryland for Tuesday November 7 2017

A cloudy, colder, wet update for West Rockville Maryland for Tuesday November 7 2017

Tuesday cooled down quite a bit, right from the warmest temp of the day at midnight, sinking down into the upper 30s just about 24 hours later at Tuesday’s midnight obs time. Rain developed during the cloudy day in the late morning and rain lightly but steadily all afternoon into the early evening (0.95″ – roughly between 1100 and 1900) Temperatures turned cold, mostly in the low 40s all day before dropping into the upper 30s during the later evening…

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A cloudy, milder, AM wet morning then partial clearing PM update for West Rockville Maryland for Monday November 6 2017

A cloudy, milder, AM wet morning then partial clearing PM update for West Rockville Maryland for Monday November 6 2017

Monday warmed up in the afternoon after another cool, cloudy and still wet (0.14″) morning, falling as occasional light rain and drizzle during the AM hours. The sun came out in the PM with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures were cool in the mid-upper 50s in the AM, then upper 60s for the highs for the day and low 50s for the low at the very end of the day, after the cold front had passed and colder air started to…

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A cloudy, foggy, cool, AM wet morning update for West Rockville Maryland for Sunday November 5 2017

A cloudy, foggy, cool, AM wet morning update for West Rockville Maryland for Sunday November 5 2017

Sunday was cool, cloudy and still wet (0.09″), falling as occasional light rain and drizzle during the AM hours, with fog off and on all day, remaining gloomy. Temperatures were cool in the upper 50s for highs similar to yesterday and low 50s for the low at the very beginning of the day. Cloudy skies have continued overnight but with no additional rain with temps holding in the upper 50s. Dew points remained in the 50s all day. At 0810…

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A cloudy, cool, wet evening update for West Rockville Maryland for Saturday November 4 2017

A cloudy, cool, wet evening update for West Rockville Maryland for Saturday November 4 2017

Saturday was cooler, cloudy and wet (0.54″), the rain falling during the evening hours. Temperatures were cooler with upper 50s for highs and mid 40s for the usual AM low. Cloudy skies have continued overnight with a bit of light rain (0.06″ since midnight on the VP2 gauge) with temps holding in the low 50s. Dew points lowered with the cooler weather, rising only into the low 50s. At 0722 EST (all time references will now be in standard time…

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A mostly cloudy, mild, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Friday November 3 2017

A mostly cloudy, mild, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Friday November 3 2017

Friday started out sunny but with increasing clouds starting in the AM and turning mostly cloudy during most of the PM hours. Temperatures were mild once again in the low 70s for highs and upper-low 50s for minimum values. Cloudy skies have continued overnight with temps dropping nicely since midnight obs. Dew points rose a bit more today, rising into the low 60s later in the day but starting to drop late/during the overnight. At 0750 we have mostly cloudy…

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A sunny, milder, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Thursday November 2 2017

A sunny, milder, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Thursday November 2 2017

Thursday was a mostly sunny day with no rain. Temperatures were milder in the lower 70s for highs and upper-mid 40s for minimum values. Clear skies have continued overnight with continued mild temperatures for early November. Dew points rose a bit today, rising into the low 60s later in the day. At 1003 we have sunny skies and dry with quite a bit of high clouds such as cirrus and altocumulus scattered about. Temperatures are in the mid 50s with…

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A mostly cloudy, milder, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for All Saints Day Wednesday November 1 2017

A mostly cloudy, milder, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for All Saints Day Wednesday November 1 2017

Wednesday was a mostly cloudy day with scattered sprinkles around but not measurable/observed at my station. Temperatures were a bit milder in the upper 50s for highs and low 40s for minimum values. Mostly cloudy skies have continued overnight with continued mild temperatures for early November. Dew points rose a bit today, rising into the mid 50s later in the day. At 0545 we have mostly cloudy skies and dry with little wind at the moment. Temperatures are in the…

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A partly to mostly sunny, seasonable, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Halloween Tuesday October 31 2017

A partly to mostly sunny, seasonable, dry update for West Rockville Maryland for Halloween Tuesday October 31 2017

Tuesday was a partly to mostly sunny day, dry and seasonably cool to finish out the month of October on a typically spooky Halloween day. Clouds have increased again this evening and overnight. Dew points stayed low once again today, remaining in the low 30s to about 40°. At 0715 we have mostly cloudy skies and dry with little wind at the moment. Temperatures are in the low 40s with dew points in the mid 30s. The Tuesday minimum temperature…

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A cloudy, wet, mild early AM then mostly sunny, somewhat cooler, drying out rest of day update for West Rockville Maryland for Monday October 30 2017

A cloudy, wet, mild early AM then mostly sunny, somewhat cooler, drying out rest of day update for West Rockville Maryland for Monday October 30 2017

Monday started out cloudy and still wet with light rain between midnight to about 0335. Then gradually most of the morning had lifting and then clearing skies with temps remaining in the 40s overnight through most of the morning but then warmed up into the mid 50s through the afternoon with slowly decreasing winds. Dew points stayed low today, staying in the lows 30s to low 40s. At 0803 we have a fair skies dry and fairly calm. Temperatures are…

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