HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

I continued to have a busy conclusion to the holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the period with some light rain and wind towards the end.

Wednesday, New Years Day

Partly cloudy skies and breezy at times with high temps reaching the mid 40s after relatively mild early morning lows in the mid 30s. Low temperaures for the day were reached at midnight, just barely above the freezing mark. Dew point temperatures ranged from the low 30s at the midnight start of the year dpwn to the low 20s by early evening. 

The maximum temperature was 46.4 degrees at 1509.

The minimum temperature was 32.2 degrees at 2359.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 31 degrees @ 0000 down to a low of 22 degrees @ 1740.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 41% @ 1455 up to a high of 71% @ 2205.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.68 inches @ 0025 up to a high of 29.89 inches @ 2105.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 33 MPH at 1210 from the W.

There was no precipitation on Wednesday. My December monthly total precipitation finalized at 3.26 inches.

There was no snow on Wednesday. My seasonal/December total snowfall was 1.4 inches. The year-to-date precipitation total finished at 49.37 inches.

Thursday

High temps warmed up a bit, reaching over the 50 mark by late in the evening just prior to observation time after early morning lows in the upper 20s under partly to mostly sunny skies. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low in mid 20s in the early AM (midnight actually) up to the upper 30s by late evening.

The maximum temperature was 51.0 degrees at 2350.

The minimum temperature was 28.9 degrees at 0650.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 24 degrees @ 0000 up to a high of 36 degrees @ 2235.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 84% @ 0755 down to a low of 49% @ 1525.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.95 inches @ 0850 down to a low of 29.80 inches @ 2315.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 19 MPH at 2238 from the SW.

There was no precipitation on Thursday. My January monthly total precipitation is 0.00 inches.

There was no snow on Thursday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation total is 0.00 inches.

Friday

Clouds and rain moved in by later in the morning and continued for most of the rest of the day with high temperatures about the same as Thursday, once again reaching just above the 50 mark by mid afternoon after early morning lows only in the mid-40s. Dew point temperatures started out in the mid 30s right at midnight, rising to the 50 mark by early evening. 

The maximum temperature was 51.4 degrees at 1427.

The minimum temperature was 45.4 degrees at 0508.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 34 degrees @ 0000 up to a high of 50 degrees @ 1850

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 54% @ 0000 up to a high of 95% @ 0920.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.82 inches @ 0000 down to a low of 29.71 inches @ 1235.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 17 MPH at 0031 from the S.

There was 0.33 inches of precipitation on Friday. My January monthly total precipitation is now 0.33 inches.

There was no snow on Friday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation total is now 0.33 inches.

Saturday

Clouds and rain with fog persisted early with high temperatures climbing up to the mid 50s by mid afternoon. Later in the day a weak cold front passed through, helping to set the daily minimum value for the day to the lower 40s at midnight. Dew point temperatures ranged from the mid 50s around midday down to the mid 30s by late evening, just before midnight.

The maximum temperature was 56.3 degrees at 1508.

The minimum temperature was 43.0 degrees at 2359.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 55 degrees @ 1236 down to a low of 35 degrees @ 2351

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 97% @ 0955 down to a low of 74% @ 2351.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.72 inches @ 0036 down to a low of 29.49 inches @ 1429.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 31 MPH at 2210 from the NW.

There was 0.27 inches of precipitation on Saturday. My January monthly total precipitation is now 0.60 inches.

There was no snow on Saturday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation total is now 0.60 inches.

Sunday

Partly sunny skies, dry and windy at times with high temps reached at the very start of the day in the lower 40s lowering most of the day down to around the 30 mark just before midnight. Dew point temperatures
ranged from the mid 30s at the beginning of the day falling down to the mid 20s just before sunrise and holding there the rest of the day. 

The maximum temperature was 43.0 degrees at 0000.

The minimum temperature was 30.2 degrees at 2354.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 35 degrees @ 0000 down to a low of 24 degrees @ 0655.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 55% @ 1015 up to a high of 84% @ 2355.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.67 inches @ 0010 up to a high of 30.03 inches @ 1100.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 45 MPH at 1032 from the NW.

There was no precipitation on Sunday. My January monthly total precipitation is 0.60 inches.

There was no snow on Sunday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation total is 0.60 inches.

Monday

Partly sunny skies, dry and still windy at times with high temps warming to the lower mid-50s by early afternoon after 30 morning mins just after midnight. Dew point temperatures ranged from the mid 30s in mid-morning falling down to the 20 mark in the early evening,  

The maximum temperature was 53.5 degrees at 1319.

The minimum temperature was 30.0 degrees at 0005.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 34 degrees @ 1013 down to a low of 20 degrees @ 1946.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 85% @ 0008 down to a low of 37% @ 1526.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.90 inches @ 0202 up to a high of 30.08 inches @ 2311.

The highest daily peak wind gust recorded across the street on the roof of the new USG building was 37 MPH at 1126 from the W.

There was no precipitation on Monday. My January monthly total precipitation is 0.60 inches.

There was no snow on Monday. My seasonal total snowfall is 1.4 inches. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation total is 0.60 inches.

My current downstairs station data is now 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, available in real-time as it is being updated on a 5 minute interval. The web address for my data on weather
underground is https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMDROCKV200 .

I contribute my precipitation data daily to CoCoRaHS as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 and can be found on http://www.cocorahs.org .

Please remember that my 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 on most days (when I have had rain that is) so should not be used except for general precipitation timing.

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.

So much going on. Let’s begin early on New Years Day when I had a shot of bourbon and a few beers just before talking with my friend the Rocketman out in Colorado.. We are long time college friends who share many interests like weather, rock and roll, the mountains and snow, sports (particularly Badger teams), drinking good beer, etc. We talk on the phone a couple of times a year, our birthdays and early New Years Day for the most part. Great tradition, also keep in regular touch on email. 

Watched a lots of Pro Playoff games and College Football bowl games on TV throughout the period, highlighted by getting together with locally located friends who I also went to school with out in Wisconsin, Martin and Robear, for some brews and pizza, etc and the first half of the Rose Bowl game between Wisconsin and Oregon. The Badgers unfortunately dropped the closely-contested game 28-27. Major bummer.  

Tuesday was a great day with increasing morning clouds, initially mild, but with dropping temps most of the daylight hours as a nice little snowstorm moved in. It initially started as light rain during the noon hour, but within the hour changed to snow and continued till early evening. Temps dropped through the thirties and are in the upper 20s early this Wednesday morning. More details with final statistics and pictures will be forthcoming later in my full report for Tuesday.

Wednesday and Thursday look a bit cooler but partly cloudy and dry with highs in the 35-40 range and lows of 20-25. .

Friday will be much warmer under partly cloudy skies, with high temps in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 40s.  Saturday and Sunday look to be even warmer but cloudy with showers, high temps into the 60s with lows in the 50s on Saturday and 40s on Sunday. 

At Midnight Tuesday, clear skies and colder with a temperature of 29.9 degrees, relative humidity 94%, pressure steady at 29.96 inches with a dew point temperature of 28 degrees.

Currently at 0204 EST Wednesday the temperature is 28.5 degrees under clear skies, relative humidity at 94%, barometric pressure steady at 29.96 inches, and the dew point temperature at 27 degrees. Winds are averaging 4 MPH over the past 10 minutes from the SW. Peak wind gust since midnight has been 5 MPH from the S at 0049.

Good early morning from the walrus on this partly clear Thursday. Hope you all had a Happy New Years celebration, safe and sane as much as possible!!! Attached is another picture of some of my apartment friends at Nantucket Reef at our New Years Eve lunch Tuesday December 31, 2019.