Tuesday turned into a mostly sunny, pleasant, dry day after early AM clouds and light rain/drizzle (0.02″), with temps ranging from the mid 60s to upper 70s. Now at 0505 we have clear skies and comfortable temps in the low-mid 60s with dew point temperatures running 55°-60°. The Monday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (65.8°) was recorded at 2311 while the maximum temperature (78.0°) was recorded at 1554. Dew point temps stayed in the 60s all day, ranging from 61° up to 68°. Relative humidity values lowered later on today (96% – 57%). Barometric values raised some today, ranging from 29.91″ at 2343 to 30.14″ at 2343.

Remember now you can get the new ground-based VP2 data on Weatherlink. You can access the data through http://www.weatherlink.com/user/walrusman444

I finally got up in the late afternoon and took an overdue shower, then had a late brunch of coffee, cereal, banana and prune juice. I started to clean up from a wild, busy weekend, including some wash and a trash run. Later in the evening I had leftover smoked ribs from my older daughter Tracy that were delicious, and some more deli potato salad. I also had some spicy V8, and some guacamole with a few triscuits. I worked on filling in the holes with my July daily precipitation values, helped by input from Rick H. I also had my usual water intake and vitamins and medicines that I take every day.

We now have clear skies, with temperatures dropping through the 60s and dew points also dropping similarly around 0505. Partly to mostly sunny conditions and warm but comfortable temps in the low 80s for highs and 60°-65° for lows Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday and Saturday we will have partly to mostly cloudy skies with a 50 POP for showers/storms, and highs in the upper 70s (Friday) to mid 80s (Saturday) and lows around 67°.

On Channel 4 radar at 0505 there is no rain in the 4 state mid-Atlantic region. Closest rain is with scattered showers down in coastal sections of the Carolinas and also offshore.

As of 0505 EDT, the data from the VP2 (coming from the ground radiation shield about 4 feet off the ground just under and out from the balcony), Lakewood Country Club WXBug station and the USG VP2 station across the street are as follows :

Station Relative Location Temp RH DP BP Wind High/Low temp today
VP2 Ground 60.9  60 30.16S NA 78.0/65.8

There was 0.02″ of rain recorded today (cocorahs gauge on ground below – in between the US and State Flagpoles out a bit from my balcony)

August precipitation is 1.20″

Year-to-date (YTD) precipitation total is 28.11″

VP2 Across the street (USG) 63.5 85 59 30.19S NA 80.6/66.6

There was 0.02″ of rain recorded in the USG gauge on Tuesday.

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 64 75.9 56.8 30.16S Calm G NNW 4
140° from station 79/67

The Lakewood rain gauge recorded 0.02″ of rain on Tuesday.

Temp on the VP2 at 2400 was 65.8 RH 89% BP 30.13R DP 62.5.

Good morning from the clear, dry, and pleasant Walrus early on this Wednesday morning.