Friday was partly cloudy (mostly cloudy at times), warm and moderately humid once again. Temperatures rose to the 80° mark with lows in the upper-mid 60s. Dew points came back a bit closer as they had been running prior to yesterday, ranging once again in the 60s all day. Now at 0810 we have sunny skies with a few jet contrails and cirrus scattered about with temperatures in the low 60s and the dew points a bit lower in the 50s with slightly drier air coming in overnight. The Thursday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground below my balcony (67.2°) was recorded at 2235 while the maximum temperature (79.9°) was recorded at 1349. Dew point temps ranged from 64° to 69°. Relative humidity values were about the same as yesterday (94% – 61%). Barometric values were about the same as yesterday, ranging from 30.08″ at 09474 down to 29.98″ at 1825.

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

I rose midday to meet Mike to get some important bank business done, then returned home just in time for the weekly rummikub game at 1500. I had a breakfast of cereal and coffee before leaving for the bank. We played a full 4 person table for rummikub and had some nice baked items for refreshment after the game. Tracy called me on her way to work. After the game I watched some baseball and Friday night college football. I ate the remaining left-over beef stew, which was still quite yummy. I only communicated with Robin through Facebook chat, as Gideon was a bit under the weather with a bad cold. I spoke at length with Marty over the phone as he was driving back to his home in Eldersburg from Ocean City and he was pretty tired and my stirring conversation managed to keep him awake and alert during the ride home. He uses hands free methods while talking on the phone so he can keep two eyes and ears on the road. I also caught up some on my email and facebook messaging later during the evening, along with a bit of impromptu napping at my computer. I had some prune juice and spicy low-sodium V8 juice right around dinner time, and plenty of water and vitamins throughout the evening.

We now have sunny skies with temperatures in the lower 60s at 0810 Saturday. Sunny skies will dominate our weather over the weekend with warm and moderately humid conditions. High temps should generally be in the mid-upper 80s with lows in the mid 60s. Sunny and quite warm on Monday with some scattered clouds at times with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s. On Tuesday a bit cooler with cloudy skies, highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s. No sign of additional tropical activity from Hurricane Maria or Tropical Storm Jose, but they are still spinning out in the Atlantic Ocean and still must be monitored. No significant tropical activity is expected to affect our area through Wednesday.

On Weatherbug at 0810 the radar is still barely showing the circulation showers tropical storm Jose off the southern MA coast, and a few scattered clouds offshore of sections of the Florida coast.

As of 0810 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 63.0 81 57 30.08R NA 79.9/67.2

There was no rain in the cocorahs gauge on Thursday.

September precipitation through midnight obs tonight was 2.56″.

Year-to-date precipitation total is now computed at 33.56″

VP2 Across the street (USG) NA NA NA 30.12R NA NA/NA

There was no rain reported once again in the USG gauge on Friday. The USG VP2 continues to stay offline all day and is not providing me most data sets (save for barometric pressure readings).

WX Bug Lakewood 4500 ft, 66 60.3 51.7 30.08R NNW 4 G NNW 10
140° from station 81/69

The Lakewood rain gauge reported no rain on Friday.

Temp from the VP2 at 2400 was 68.1 RH 86% BP 30.02S DP 65.0.

Good morning from the mostly sunny and slightly cooler (for now) Walrus early on this Saturday.