Thursday was a really nice, calm, cooler, beautiful day to follow yesterday’s mayhem. The day was sunny, dry, and cooler. We reached the mid 70s for highs with dew points dropping all day, ranging from the low 60s at the beginning of the day, dropping into the upper 40s by mid afternoon along with the temperatures cooling off. We peaked with our slightly cooler max temperature (76.4) of the day in the mid afternoon. The low temperature for the day (in the upper 50s) was reached in the morning a bit less than an hour after sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (24 MPH) was moderately strong, peaking in the late morning, veering over to a predominant NE direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the very early morning around midnight while the lowest was reached in the late evening just prior to midnight, almost 24 hours later.

Friday should be similar to Thursday with sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 50s and dry. Saturday should warm up a bit to around 80 with partly cloudy skies and lows in the low 60s. Sunday looks cloudy now with showers, with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low-mid 60s. Monday and Tuesday should be partly to mostly sunny and dry, with high temps in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 76.4 at 1548

Low temp 59.4 at 0725

Max humidity 86% at 0000

Min humidity 39% at 1545

Max dew point 62 at 0000

Min dew point 49 at 1545

Max barometric pressure 30.05″ at 2331

Low barometric pressure 29.72″ at 0002

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 24 MPH from the NE at 1110

Thursday’s average daily wind speed 7.8 (BWI) 10.0 (IAD)

Thursday’s average sky cover 0.2 (BWI) 0.1 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

September total precipitation 1.40″

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

Year-to-date total precipitation 26.48″

Sunrise 0640 (EDT)

Sunset 1937 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0221 AM EDT Friday we have clear skies, a temperature of 60.6, barometer 30.05″ and steady, relative humidity 78%, dew point 54, winds NE 0-10 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 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.