Friday continued with the heating up process for our area for the next several days (except for a brief cooldown due to clouds from an offshore coastal storm on
Saturday) under partly cloudy skies. We warmed up to the upper 80s by early afternoon. The daily minimum temperature in the mid 60s was reached in the early
morning hours about fifteen minutes after sunrise.

The peak winds (23 MPH) picked up today, “highest” in the mid-day hour, holding on to yesterday’s warmer westerly direction. Barometric pressures were highest in
the late morning while the lowest were in the early evening.

Saturday looks to be cloudy and not as warm due to this storm getting close along the coast with highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s with a chance of showers but they will be more likely to my east, closer to the Atlantic Ocean. Sunday and Monday should be partly cloudy and very warm with highs in the upper 80s to around 90 with lows in the upper 60s with little chances of rain. Tuesday and Wednesday should be partly to mostly sunny, hot and humid with highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s.

Statistics for Friday:

High temp 87.6 at 1411

Low temp 66.0 at 0629

Max humidity 92% at 0656

Min humidity 46% at 1705

Max dew point 69 at 1033

Min dew point 63 at 0523

Max barometric pressure 30.20″ at 1112

Low barometric pressure 30.10″ at 1846

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 23 MPH from the W at 1212

Friday’s average daily wind speed 5.0 (BWI) 7.1 (IAD)

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

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

August total precipitation 0.30″

Year-to-date total precipitation 19.32″

Sunrise 0615 (EDT)

Sunset 2015 (EDT)

Moon New Moon

Currently at 0218 AM EDT Saturday we have clear skies with a temperature of 70.5, barometer 30.10″ and falling, relative humidity 86%, dew point 66, 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.