Saturday featured partly cloudy skies, pleasant temperatures, both air and dew point. High temperatures only reached the mid-upper 70s, with dew points in the lower 60s and upper 50s. Now at 0644 we have fair skies with temperatures around 60° with dew points in the mid-upper 50s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (61.2°) was recorded at 0700 while the maximum temperature (77.7°) was recorded at 1458. Dew point temps were about the same today, ranging from 64° down to 56°. Relative humidity values lowered a bit today (85% – 51%). Barometric values rose more again today, ranging from 30.19″ at 1901 up to 30.26″ at 1049.

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 rose later today to get ready for a small Instacart (Shoppers) grocery delivery order around 1600. I had my usual late breakfast right at that time, with cereal, banana, skim milk and coffee consumed. I had a late last night resolution to my cell phone battery/cord problem; I just have to turn the phone off and leave it plugged in and it will charge up. I spoke with Tracy on her way into work, then later on with Ray for a while after talking at some length with Marty. Later on I had a video chat with Robin and Gideon (from his bath as usual). I had some new chicken and seafood salads on rye (toaster not working), along with sides of orzo, potato and macaroni salads and home made guacamole with triscuits and hot pepper cheese. I continued to follow the tremendous hurricane (now tropical storm) Harvey coverage on TWC and local TV Channel 4 and some network coverage on location in coastal Texas as much as I could – on the weekend there is not as much coverage during the day on Saturday – only in the early AM on AMHQ. I had some spicy low-sodium V8 in the later evening. I had my usual water intake and vitamins and medicines that I take every day.

We now have clear skies with a few scattered clouds and temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s at 0644 Sunday. Sunday should have scattered to partly cloudy skies with high temps in the upper 70s with lows in the upper 50s. Monday and Tuesday look cooler with highs in the low-mid 70s and lows around 60° and a 20 POP for showers both days. Partly cloudy skies on Monday and Cloudy skies on Tuesday as it looks now. Wednesday should be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 60s.

On Weatherbug radar at 0644 the radar is essentially clear throughout the 6 state mid-Atlantic region with just some light showers in the Roanoke VA area at this time.

As of 0644 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), the Lakewood 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 60.8 89 58 30.22S NA 77.7/61.2

There was no rain recorded on Saturday (cocorahs gauge – now located off the apartment property across the street from my initial two locations just off the inactive putting green – near the Montessori School playground. No sprinklers there at all on this county property)

August precipitation is 3.82″

Year-to-date (YTD) precipitation total is 30.73″

VP2 Across the street (USG) 62.0 87 58 30.26S NA 83.2/62.8

There was no rain recorded in the USG gauge on Saturday.

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 60 84.1 55.6 30.23S N 3 G N 8
140° from station 79/61

The Lakewood rain gauge reported no rain on Saturday.

Temp on the VP2 at 2400 was 66.2 RH 77% BP 30.23S DP 58.8.

Good morning from the clear and pleasant Walrus early on this Sunday morning.