Friday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week. The day featured partly cloudy skies, hotter temperatures and still quite high dew points. Max temps reached
the lower mid-90s by late mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the low 70s was reached in the early morning hours right after sunrise.

The winds picked up a bit today, veering slightly to a southwesterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest midday while lowest in the early evening.

Saturday still looks to be quite hot and humid with highs in the mid 90s with increasing chances of showers and storms with Sunday and Monday looking to be a bit cooler with highs of 83-88 under partly cloudy, dry skies and lows in the mid 60s both days. Conditions warm up again further into the week.

Statistics for Friday:

High temp 93.7 at 1619

Low temp 72.6 at 0619

Max humidity 90% at 0628

Min humidity 44% at 1637

Max dew point 74 at 1128

Min dew point 68 at 1643

Max barometric pressure 30.08″ at 1150

Low barometric pressure 29.98″ at 1856

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 20 MPH from the SW at 1641

Friday’s average daily wind speed 4.8 (BWI) 3.8 (IAD)

Friday’s average sky cover 0.4 (BWI) 0.3 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0.00″ IAD 0.00″)

July total precipitation 1.60″

Year-to-date total precipitation 16.89″

Sunrise 0557 (EDT)

Sunset 2033 (EDT)

Moon First Quarter

Currently at 0221 AM EDT Saturday we have partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 78.3, barometer 30.03″ and steady, relative humidity 83%, dew point 73,
winds W-NW at 0-5 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 a late June image past the rain gauge looking west right after sunset amidst partly cloudy skies.