Thursday was another beautifully sunny, cool, dry day to put a conclusion to the very changeable month of September 2021. I barely reached the 70 mark for today’s high with dew points in the 50s all day. We peaked with our max temperature (70.3) of the day in the mid afternoon down to the low 50s just after sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (21 MPH) increased a bit today, peaking in the early mid-afternoon, maintaining yesterday’s NW direction. Barometric pressures were
highest very late in the day while the lowest was reached in the very early morning hours at midnight.

Friday, to start the lovely month of October, should be mostly sunny and dry with highs around 70, with lows in the upper 40s. The Saturday-Sunday weekend period
should be partly cloudy and a bit milder, with highs in the upper 70s Saturday and low 80s on Sunday with lows in the mid 50s Saturday to mid 60son Sunday. It should remain dry during this entire time period, but on Monday our rain chances look to be increasing with slightly warmer temperatures.

Statistics for Thursday:

High temp 70.3 at 1457

Low temp 52.2 at 0718

Max humidity 91% at 0244

Min humidity 51% at 1500

Max dew point 56 at 1141

Min dew point 50 at 0456

Max barometric pressure 30.23″ at 2345

Low barometric pressure 30.10″ at 0000

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 21 MPH from the NW at 1414

Thursday’s average daily wind speed 5.6 (BWI) 4.6 (IAD)

Thursday’s average sky cover 0.3 (BWI) 0.1 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 – month total 6.04″ IAD 0 – month total 4.72″)

September total precipitation 5.39″

Year-to-date total precipitation 30.47″

Sunrise 0705 (EDT)

Sunset 1852 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0242 AM EDT Friday we have fair skies, a temperature of 55.0, barometer 30.24″ and steady, relative humidity 87%, dew point 51, winds E-NE 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 a calm sky of late afternoon scattered altocumulus out my sliding glass door looking to the NE (9/28).