Tuesday was mostly cloudy, cooler with no rain but still humid despite the remnants of hurricane Ida moving NE towards our area from the Southern Gulf states. We reached the low 80s for highs with dew points a bit lower than yesterday, ranging up to the lower mid 70s. We peaked with our cooler max temperature (81.4) of the day in the early afternoon. The low temperature for the day (in the low 70s) was reached in the early morning hours about an hour prior to sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (10 MPH) was surprisingly quite light, “peaking” in the mid morning, veering slightly over to a northwesterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the very early morning while the lowest was reached in the late afternoon.

Wednesday should be a bit cooler with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s with cloudy skies and rain, possibly heavy at times with possible flooding (flash flood watches have been posted for our area). Thursday and Friday should improve on conditions greatly with sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50s and dry. Saturday and Sunday should be partly to mostly sunny and continued dry, with high temps around 80 and lows in the low-mid 60s.

Statistics for Tuesday:

High temp 81.4 at 1328

Low temp 71.9 at 0538

Max humidity 92% at 0513

Min humidity 74% at 1109

Max dew point 74 at 1511

Min dew point 69 at 0506

Max barometric pressure 29.87″ at 0027

Low barometric pressure 29.79″ at 1730

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 10 MPH from the NW at 0903

Tuesday’s average daily wind speed 2.6 (BWI) 2.0 (IAD)

Tuesday’s average sky cover 0.9 (BWI) 0.8 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI T IAD 0.02″)

August total precipitation 6.06″ (BWI 4.36″ IAD 4.93″)

Year-to-date total precipitation 25.08″

Sunrise 0638 (EDT)

Sunset 1941 (EDT)

Moon Last Quarter

Currently at 0156 AM EDT Wednesday we have cloudy, light rainy skies, a temperature of 74.1, barometer 29.77″ and falling, relative humidity 92%, dew point 72, winds E 0-10 MPH. 0.02″ of 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 the look out my screened bedroom window to the east on Friday at about 1430 on 8/27 before the severe thunderstorm hit with menacing clouds building quickly.