Monday continued to turn on the heat and humidity once again with partly cloudy skies, hot temperatures but temporarily relieved by late afternoon cloudiness and a brief thunderstorm from 1730-1800 (0.15″) that featured more lightning and thunder rather than heavy rain. Max temps reached the lower 90s by mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the mid-70s was reached during the usual time in the early morning right around sunrise.

The winds were less today, even during the thunderstorm, holding to a southerly direction, same as yesterday. Barometric pressures were highest in the later evening hours while lowest in the very early morning.

Tuesday through Saturday should be partly to mostly sunny, hot and humid with highs in the 90-95 range with the best chances of showers and storms on Saturday with lows in the 70-75 range.

Statistics for Monday:

High temp 92.2 at 1457

Low temp 74.9 at 0551

Max humidity 92% at 0554

Min humidity 56% at 1424

Max dew point 78 at 1140

Min dew point 72 at 0041

Max barometric pressure 30.15″ at 2211

Low barometric pressure 30.02″ at 0127

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 17 MPH from the S at 0109

Monday’s average daily wind speed 6.2 (BWI) 6.4 (IAD)

Monday’s average sky cover 0.5 (BWI) 0.5 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.15″ (BWI T IAD .00″)

July total precipitation 1.60″

Year-to-date total precipitation 16.89″

Sunrise 0554 (EDT)

Sunset 2035 (EDT)

Moon Waxing Crescent

Currently at 0221 AM EDT Tuesday we have clear skies with a temperature of 77.5, barometer 30.14″ and steady, relative humidity 86%, dew point 73, winds S-SW at 0-10 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 in a local parking lot late in the afternoon of Thursday, July 1.