Friday started the month of October in fine fashion with another beautifully sunny, cool, dry day. I failed to reach the 70 mark for today’s high with dew points in the upper 40s to mid 50s all day. We peaked with our max temperature (68.3) of the day in the later mid afternoon down to the low 50s just after sunrise.

The peak wind gust for the day (15 MPH) lessened a bit today, peaking in the early mid-afternoon, veering around slightly to a W direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the mid morning while the lowest was reached in the very early morning hours at midnight.

The Saturday-Sunday weekend period should be partly to mostly sunny and a bit warmer, with highs in the upper 70s Saturday and low-mid 80s on Sunday with lows in the mid 50s Saturday to mid 60s on Sunday. Monday – Wednesday should be partly cloudy with increasing chances for showers/storms with highs in the mid-upper 70s and lows in the low 60s.

Statistics for Friday:

High temp 68.3 at 1605

Low temp 51.8 at 0738

Max humidity 89% at 2308

Min humidity 55% at 1559

Max dew point 54 at 1517

Min dew point 47 at 0657

Max barometric pressure 30.33″ at 0921

Low barometric pressure 30.23″ at 0000

Peak Wind Gust (PWG) 15 MPH from the W at 1442

Friday’s average daily wind speed 2.9 (BWI) 2.7 (IAD)

Friday’s average sky cover 0.2 (BWI) 0.1 (IAD)

Daily total precipitation 0 (BWI 0 IAD 0)

September total precipitation 5.39″

October total precipitation 0.00″

Year-to-date total precipitation 30.47″

Sunrise 0706 (EDT)

Sunset 1851 (EDT)

Moon Waning Crescent

Currently at 0208 AM EDT Saturday we have clear skies, a temperature of 53.5, barometer 30.25″ and steady, relative humidity 91%, dew point 51, winds S-SW 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).