West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday featured partly cloudy skies, cold temperatures and windy conditions most of the day. We only managed to get into the upper 30s for highs and early AM mins in the upper 20s. Temperatures have once again held below freezing overnight into Thursday, with winds lessening overnight, and temps bottoming out in the upper 20s. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (39.0°) was recorded at 1530 while the minimum temperature (29.0°) was recorded at 0501. Dew point temperatures were…

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On Friday, we had partly cloudy skies and slightly colder temperatures with a bit of a breeze at times. Today’s featured image shows the 1030 photo taken for my GLOBE Clouds observation coinciding with the satellite flyover around that time. A clear, colder evening, with temps falling below freezing before midnight obs, then holding that way during the overnight hours into Saturday. 40° was reached mid-day before later day cooling back into the 30s kicked in. The Friday maximum temperature…

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On Thursday, we had partly cloudy skies and slightly colder temperatures with a bit of a breeze at times. A clear, colder evening, with temps falling below freezing before midnight obs, then holding that way during the overnight hours into Friday. Low 40s were reached mid-afternoon before later cooling back into the 30s kicked in. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (41.3°) was recorded at 1603 while the minimum temperature (30.7°) was recorded at 0628. Dew point temperatures dropped…

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On the start of Wednesday, we had cloudy skies with a bit of light snow (0.01″/0.1″ snow) in the first hour or so of the day. Slow clearing much of the rest of the daylight hours, still with some cloudy periods at times (see today’s featured image), but with the snow and low clouds moving off to the east and north during the afternoon. A clear, colder evening, with temps falling into the mid 30s after a low temp for…

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On Saturday, storm conditions started to wind down, with partial sun returning and winds starting to lessen throughout the day. No more power or cable outages on Saturday thank goodness. After early AM lows in the low-mid 30s, high temps reached the upper 40s by mid-afternoon. The Saturday maximum temperature from the VP2 (48.0°) was recorded at 1401 while the minimum temperature (33.6°) was recorded at 0652. Dew point temperatures remained relatively low all day, ranging from a low of…

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Our two day storm on Thursday and Friday started affecting our area just prior to obs on Thursday, with a dramatic, quick increase in the winds into the gale/storm category, and played havoc at key times with my cable TV, internet, and eventually my electric power. It kept me from posting my Thursday report at my usual time early Friday, so with this report early Saturday I am going to produce a briefer summary for Thursday in addition to my…

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Wednesday was partly cloudy and milder, with plenty of sun at times, but a few hints at the stormy weather moving in for the end of the week with increasing clouds late in the day. We finished out February dry and mild, not totally indicative of our general monthly trend of mild and wet. After early AM lows in the low 40s, high temps reached the low 60s by mid-afternoon, but then didn’t drop off as much in the evening…

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Tuesday was our first sunny day since last Wednesday, but the day started out before sunrise with widely varying temperatures being reported in my immediate area, dependent on elevation, exposure and topographic nature of each reporting site. Some areas had frost/freezing conditions with temps in the upper 20s-lower 30s, then places like me missed out on freezing temps, holding in the mid 30s after falling off fairly quickly earlier. High temps reached the mid 50s by mid-afternoon, but then didn’t…

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Monday was another cloudy day, but the sky became brighter in the afternoon and the sun briefly appeared just before sunset for the first appearance by the sun since last Wednesday. Temperatures remained cool, and tonight the temperature is headed down towards the freezing mark with upper 30s at midnight under clear skies. It should reach the freezing mark by sunrise. The Monday maximum temperature from the VP2 (50.7°) was recorded at 0448 while the minimum temperature (38.9°) was recorded…

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Sunday was another cloudy day, a tad milder but still cool, with mostly morning light rain (0.20″ cocorahs gauge total, max rain rate 0.64″/hour @ 0810 from the VP2) and occasional drizzle and fog. The warm front keeps inching northward, keeping our temperatures cooler than expected.The Sunday maximum temperature from the VP2 (52.2°) was recorded at 1639 while the minimum temperature (45.7°) was recorded at 0624. Dew point temperatures stayed around the same as yesterday, ranging from a low of…

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