Sunny, cold early AM, increasing clouds late AM/early PM, cloudy, cold rest of the day, with evening rain update for Sunday, February 17, 2019 for West Rockville Maryland
Clear/sunny cold early AM, increasing clouds late AM/early PM, then cloudy, cold the rest of the day, with evening rain from 1700-2400 (and beyond). After low temps in the upper 20s, high temperatures reached the upper 30s before the rain started, then fell off into the mid 30s during the rain, but no frozen precipitation was noted.
The maximum temperature was 38.5° at 1534.
The minimum temperature was 28.7° at 0729.
The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 20° @ 0429 up to a high of 33° @ 2335.
The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 54% @ 1432 up to a high of 94% @ 2301.
The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.20″ @ 1047 down to a low of 29.84″ @ 2322.
Sunday had 0.21″ of precipitation. My February monthly total is now 1.68″ with my year-to-date total at 5.26″ for 2019.
No snow/sleet fell on Sunday. 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.
Monday should be cloudy and milder with morning rain, with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the low 20s.
Tuesday should be mostly sunny and dry with highs in the low 40s with lows in the upper 20s.
Wednesday should be cloudy and cold with morning snow, with highs in the mid 30s and lows in the low 30s.
Thursday should be cloudy and milder with a good chance of more rain. Highs should reach into the low 50s, lows around the freezing mark.
Friday should be partly cloudy and cooler. High temps should be in the upper 40s with lows once again around the freezing mark.
Saturday looks cloudy and cooler with a good chance for more rain with temps around 40°.
Midnight Sunday night found the temperature at 34.3°, relative humidity 94%, pressure rising at 29.90″ and the dew point at 32.9° under cloudy, light rainy skies.
Currently at 0426 the temperature is 36.5° under clouds and rain, relative humidity at 95%, barometric pressure falling at 29.83″, and the dew point at 35°.
Good early morning from this snowless walrus on this rainy Monnday. Have a nice conclusion to the President’s Day weekend! I started my NOAA career on 2/17/74 at the end of this holiday weekend 45 years ago!