Friday started out quite wet, cloudy with heavy morning showers that prompted flash flood warnings during most of the AM hours, then we turned drier but stayed relatively cool with dew points still mostly in the low 70s under partly cloudy PM skies. We peaked with our moderate max temperature (80.5) of the day in the early evening time period. The low temperature for the day (in the low 70s) was reached about an hour and a half after sunrise.

The peak winds (11 MPH) decreased to light levels, “peaking” in the early morning hours while veering over to a northeasterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest at midnight while the lowest were in the early evening hours.

Partly cloudy to cloudy Saturday through Monday with highs in the low-mid 80s and lows around 70 with low rain chances most of the time. Tropical system Henri will be passing off the mid-Atlantic Coast over the weekend, with little effects in the immediate area. Monday and Tuesday look partly cloudy, dry and warmer, with highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s.

Statistics for Friday:

High temp 80.5 at 1800

Low temp 71.8 at 0808

Max humidity 96% at 0829

Min humidity 69% at 1552

Max dew point 73 at 0000

Min dew point 69 at 1552

Max barometric pressure 29.97″ at 0000

Low barometric pressure 29.89″ at 1900

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 11 MPH from the NE at 0648

Friday’s average daily wind speed 5.5 (BWI) 4.0 (IAD)

Friday’s average sky cover 0.9 (BWI) 0.9 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0.97″ (BWI 1.29″ IAD 0.31″)

August total precipitation 4.72″ (revised total – adjusted daily totals computed for 8/9 – 0.55″, 8/10 – 1.02″, and 8/16 – 0.55″)

Year-to-date total precipitation 23.74″ (revised total)

Sunrise 0628 (EDT)

Sunset 1957 (EDT)

Moon Full Moon

Currently at 0129 AM EDT Saturday we have partly cloudy skies, a temperature of 72.6, barometer 29.92″ and steady, relative humidity 92%, dew point 70, winds W at 0-5 MPH. No rain so far 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 a very rainy parking lot with associated storm clouds at my Doctor’s office midday Wednesday (8/18) associated with our tropical shower activity at that time.