Partly cloudy, dry and milder update for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 for West Rockville Maryland
Partly cloudy, dry and milder with high temperatures reaching the mid 40s. Lowest temperatures were reached in the late evening just below the freezing mark.
The maximum temperature was 44.0° at 1453.
The minimum temperature was 31.6° at 2317.
The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 34° @ 0000 down to a low of 23° @ 2019.
The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0000 down to a low of 51% @ 1558.
The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.67″ @ 0009 up to a high of 29.98″ @ 2202.
Wednesday had no precipitation. My February monthly total is still 1.47″ with my year-to-date total at 5.05″ for 2019.
No snow/sleet fell on Wednesday. My year-to-date snowfall is still 16.7″ with the seasonal total at 18.8″.
My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall – use the cocorahs link shown below for that dataset) is showing regularly on Weather Underground. My data is posted there every 5 minutes. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time now as it is being updated on a 5 minute interval. The web address for my data on weather underground is:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200
I contribute my precipitation data daily to CoCoRaHS as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 on https://www.cocorahs.org/
Please remember that Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge, just as it does on WxLink 2.0. The tipping bucket has been producing erratic values at times so should not be used except for general precipitation timing. For example during our big snowstorm back in mid-January the snow didn’t melt at all during the storm, and only started to record precipitation amounts a few days later when the sun
and above freezing temperatures started to melt the snow.
I actually use the data I post to CoCoRaHS from my 4 inch CoCoRaHS gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day. I also use a snow stake outside my balcony window to get an idea on how much snow has fallen (while it is snowing) and how much snow is on the ground.
Thursday should be partly cloudy and milder with highs in the lower 50s, lows in the low 40s.
Friday cloudy and milder, highs around 60° with lows dropping a bit down into the low 30s.
Saturday should be cloudy and colder with highs in the mid-upper 30s, lows around 20° with a good chance of snow with 1-3 few inches possible. Stay tuned!!!
Sunday should be partly cloudy with highs around 40° and lows around 30°. Mixed rain/snow chance late Sunday into Monday AM.
Monday and Tuesday should be cloudy and dry, highs in the upper 40s on Monday and highs on Tuesday around 40° with lows around 30°. Small chance for mixed snow/rain on Tuesday evening.
Midnight Wednesday night found the temperature at 34.9°, clear, relative humidity 63%, pressure steady at 29.98″ and the dew point at 23.6° under clear skies.
Currently at 0630 the temperature is 30.1° under clear skies, relative humidity at 73%, barometric pressure now rising at 30.12″, and the dew point at 22°.
Good morning from this drying out walrus on this clear start to Thursday.