Wednesday continued our week-long heat up as max temps continued to roast us with mid 90s under partly sunny, mostly dry skies. High temps reached the mid 90s by mid-afternoon but with slight late afternoon cooling from clouds associated with very brief, light showers with some faint thunder at times. The daily min temp only lowered to the mid 70s reached in the early morning a bit after sunrise.

The winds lessened a bit into the light-moderate range peaking in the later mid-afternoon with the slight convective activity, veering slightly in the still hot, humid westerly direction. Barometric pressures were once again highest in the morning with the lowest in the early evening.

On Thursday tropical storm Elsa will be tracking just to our SE with its associated clouds, showers, and easterly component breezes affecting our area. Highs will be only reaching the mid 80s tops with lows in the mid 60s. Then on Friday with showers and storms continuing under mostly cloudy conditions, highs in the mid-upper 80s, lows in the mid 60s. Saturday should be mostly cloudy but dry, with highs in the mid 80s abd lows in the upper 60s. Sunday and Monday should be partly cloudy, warm, humid with highs in the mid-upper 80s with chances of showers and storms, lows in the upper 60s.

Statistics for Wednesday:

High temp 93.4 at 1510

Low temp 74.5 at 0616

Max humidity 88% at 0653

Min humidity 51% at 1513

Max dew point 78 at 1620

Min dew point 70 at 0513

Max barometric pressure 30.02″ at 0917

Low barometric pressure 29.91″ at 1810

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 18 MPH from the W at 1625

Wednesday’s average daily wind speed 5.0 (BWI) 2.3 (IAD)

Wednesday’s average sky cover 0.4 (BWI) 0.4 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation T

July total precipitation 0.78″

Year-to-date total precipitation 16.07″

Sunrise 0550 (EDT)

Sunset 2037 (EDT)

Moon New Moon

Currently at 0240 AM EDT Thursday we have clear skies with a temperature of 77.0, barometer 29.94″ and steady, relative humidity 84%, dew point 72, winds W-NW at around 5 MPH. No rain has fallen since midnight into the tipping bucket VP2 gauge at the USG site across the street from me.

The featured image for today shows storm clouds starting to build locally early in the afternoon of Thursday, July 1.