Thursday started the heating up process for our area for the next several days under partly cloudy skies. We warmed up to the mid 80s by mid-afternoon. The daily minimum temperature in the low 60s was reached in the early morning hours about twenty minutes after sunrise.

The peak winds (17 MPH) were still light but increased a tad from yesterday, “highest” in the mid afternoon, veering over to a warmer westerly direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the mid morning while the lowest were in the late afternoon.

Friday should be partly sunny with warmer temperatures reaching the low 90s with lows in the upper 60s. Saturday looks to be cloudy and not as warm due to a storm getting close along the coast with highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s but should remain dry. Sunday and Monday should be partly cloudy and very warm with highs in the upper 80s on Sunday and low 90s on Monday with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s with little chances of rain.

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 84.9 at 1538

Low temp 61.6 at 0635

Max humidity 91% at 0707

Min humidity 44% at 1452

Max dew point 65 at 1001

Min dew point 59 at 0147

Max barometric pressure 30.16″ at 1027

Low barometric pressure 30.09″ at 1704

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 17 MPH from the W at 1538

Thursday’s average daily wind speed 2.7 (BWI) 2.6 (IAD)

Thursday’s average sky cover 0.2 (BWI) 0.2 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

August total precipitation 0.30″

Year-to-date total precipitation 19.32″

Sunrise 0614 (EDT)

Sunset 2016 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0120 AM EDT Friday we have clear skies with a temperature of 70.1, barometer 30.15″ and steady, relative humidity 80%, dew point 64, winds S-SW 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 attached image for today shows storm clouds building around 1600 on Thursday (7/29) with rain sprinkling down a little bit outside of the entrance to my apartment building.