Saturday was mostly cloudy, a bit milder, but dry and a bit less breezy than yesterday. I reached the lower 60s for today’s high with dew points staying in the 50s. We peaked with our max temperature (61.4) of the day in the early afternoon while the low temperature in the mid 50s was reached in the very early overnight hours. Coastal (tidal) flooding has continued along some sections of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River.

The peak wind gust for the day (17 MPH) was lighter than yesterday, peaking in the morning right around sunrise, veering around to a S direction. Barometric pressures
were highest in mid evening while the lowest was reached in the early morning. Pressure values stayed relatively low as a trough remained over the area.

Sunday and Monday should be partly to mostly sunny with highs in the low-mid 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Cloudy skies on Tuesday with rain and cooler mid-upper 50s for highs and lows in the 40s. Wednesday and Thursday should be partly cloudy and will feature the coolest temperatures of the season so far, with highs only in the
low 50s and lows dropping down to more November-like mid-upper 30s.

(Some) Statistics for Saturday:

High temp 61.4 at 1252

Low temp 54.0 at 0203

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 17 MPH from the S at 0738

Daily total precipitation T (BWI 0.01″ IAD 0.03″ )

Average wind speed 5.1 (BWI) 5.2 (IAD)

Average sky cover 0.9 (BWI) 0.8 (IAD)

October total precipitation 3.64″

Year-to-date total precipitation 34.11″

Sunrise 0736 (EDT)

Sunset 1810 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0304 AM EDT Sunday we are mostly cloudy with a temperature of 52.8, barometer 29.58″ and steady, relative humidity 94%, dew point 51, winds SW-NW @ 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 our cloudy early evening around 1800 and our muted fall foliage exhibited on some of the trees out my bedroom window looking NE on Saturday afternoon (10/30).