West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday started out cloudy with occasional light rain and fog between approximately 0615 and 0830 (0.12″) then partly cloudy and mild as the day wore on into the afternoon and evening, with no more rain the rest of the day. Temperatures warmed into the mid 70s with lows in the low-middle 60s. Dew points were in the upper 50s rising into the low 70s by later in the day. Now at 0616 we have cloudy skies with light rain and…

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Tuesday started out a bit cloudy with a few sprinkles at my location (Trace) then became partly cloudy and warmer as the day wore on, with no sign of any precipitation from dying storm Irma so far. Temperatures warmed a bit on Wednesday, reaching the mid 70s with lows in the upper 50s. Dew points were in the 50s rising into the low 60s later in the day. Now at 0615 we have cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid…

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Monday started out clear/sunny, but gradually turned cloudy (high type like cirrostratus or altostratus) by the afternoon. No rain yet though later this evening radar was showing rain moving north up to central Virginia which should make it into my locale sometime Tuesday. Temperatures moderated a bit on Tuesday, reaching the lower 60s with lows in the mid 50s. Dew points were in the 50s and 40s all day. Now at 0525 we have mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in…

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Sunday was a mostly sunny, pleasant and dry day. We only had a few scattered cumulus clouds dotting the sky at times. High temperatures once again reached into the upper 60s with lows in the low 50s. Dew points were in the 50s and 40s all day. Now at 0711 we have clear skies with temperatures in the comfortable mid 50s with dew points in the upper 40s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the…

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Saturday was a partly to mostly sunny, pleasantly cool and dry day. We had another afternoon with pretty cumulus clouds dotting the sky. (See attached picture.) High temperatures only reached into the upper 60s with lows in the low 50s. Dew points were in the 50s and 40s all day. Now at 0734 we have clear skies with temperatures in the comfortable low 50s with dew points in the upper 40s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the…

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Friday was a partly to mostly sunny, pleasant, and dry day. We had some nice cumulus buildups during the afternoon at times (see featured image). High temperatures reached into the low 70s with lows in the pleasant low 50s. Dew points were once again in the 50s all day. Now at 0520 we have fair skies with temperatures in the comfortable mid 50s with dew points in the low 50s. The Thursday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter…

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Thursday was a partly cloudy, pleasant, drying out day. There was a bit of light fog in the early AM, along with some spotty drizzle (Trace amount for the day). High temperatures reached around the 70° mark for highs with lows in the mid 50s. Dew points were in the 50s all day. Now at 0535 we have clear skies with temperatures in the comfortable low-mid 50s with dew points in the low 50s. The Wednesday minimum temperature from the…

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Wednesday was a cloudy, cooler, wet day with just a little bit of lightning and distant thunder during the first hour of the observation day between 0000-0100. Most of the day we had cool, stratiform rain (0.72″ daily total – max rain rate of 0.71″/hour at 0043) with temperatures reaching no higher than the mid 60s all day. We dropped just below the 60° mark just prior to obs at midnight Wednesday. After midnight very early this morning there was…

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Tuesday was a partly cloudy, warmer, more humid day with serious cloud buildups by late afternoon (see featured image for this post) that developed quickly into soaking thundershowers from about 1730 to 1930 (0.89″ total – max VP2 rain rate 6.55″/hour @ 1831). There was plenty of thunder and cloud to cloud and cloud to ground lightning in our severe thunderstorm warned area. The high temperature for the day reached the mid 80s before dropping to the upper 60s in…

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Labor Day Monday was a mostly sunny, warmer, increasingly more humid day (esp late) but with no rain. The high temperature for the day reached the upper 70s (a bit cooler than the low 80s as forecasted yesterday), with mid 50s in the early AM, dew points were in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Now at 0355 we have clear skies with temperatures in the upper 60s with dew points in the mid 60s. The Monday minimum temperature from…

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