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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 2021

Wednesday started out just like Monday and Tuesday – partly cloudy, hot and humid through mid-afternoon, with cumulus clouds building once again during the afternoon in the area and showers/storms breaking out by late afternoon, but today only light amounts of rain. The rest of the day remained mostly cloudy with just dribs and drabs coming down occasionally with temperatures cooling off after peaking in the mid afternoon with quite high dew points once again, reached in the late morning,…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – TUESDAY AUGUST 10, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – TUESDAY AUGUST 10, 2021

Tuesday started out just like Monday – partly cloudy, hot and humid through mid-afternoon, with cumulus clouds building once again during the afternoon in the area and showers and thunderstorms breaking out by late afternoon, at times quite heavy. The rest of the day was quite cloudy with the rain continuing longer into the evening than on Monday, and temperatures cooled off after peaking in the mid afternoon with quite high dew points once again, reached earlier today around noon,…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – MONDAY AUGUST 9, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – MONDAY AUGUST 9, 2021

Monday started out partly cloudy, hot and humid through mid-afternoon, but cumulus clouds built quickly in the area and showers broke out by late afternoon, at times quite heavy. The rest of the day was quite cloudy with the rain, and temperatures cooled off after peaking in the mid afternoon with quite high dew points reached just before the showers started, well up in the 70s. We warmed up to around the 90 mark by mid-afternoon. The daily minimum temperature…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – SUNDAY AUGUST 8, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – SUNDAY AUGUST 8, 2021

Sunday resumed the heating up period heading into the new week. We had mostly sunny skies most of the day after the clouds from yesterday’s weak storm cleared out early in the morning. We warmed up well into the upper mid 80s by mid afternoon. The daily minimum temperature in the mid 60s was reached in the early morning hours a bit after sunrise. The peak winds (13 MPH) were even lighter than yesterday, “highest” in the mid morning while…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – SATURDAY AUGUST 7, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – SATURDAY AUGUST 7, 2021

Saturday gave us the predicted one day respite from the heating up process as clouds from a weak coastal storm passed tp the East and kept a lid on the high temps for the day under the cloudy but dry skies here. We only warmed up to the upper mid 70s by late morning. The daily minimum temperature in the upper mid 60s was reached in the early morning hours a bit after sunrise. It remained dry here all day…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 2021

Friday continued with the heating up process for our area for the next several days (except for a brief cooldown due to clouds from an offshore coastal storm on Saturday) under partly cloudy skies. We warmed up to the upper 80s by early afternoon. The daily minimum temperature in the mid 60s was reached in the early morning hours about fifteen minutes after sunrise. The peak winds (23 MPH) picked up today, “highest” in the mid-day hour, holding on to…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 2021

Thursday started the heating up process for our area for the next several days under partly cloudy skies. We warmed up to the mid 80s by mid-afternoon. The daily minimum temperature in the low 60s was reached in the early morning hours about twenty minutes after sunrise. The peak winds (17 MPH) were still light but increased a tad from yesterday, “highest” in the mid afternoon, veering over to a warmer westerly direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the mid…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 2021

Wednesday was yet another relatively pleasantly cool, partly to mostly cloudy day. We warmed up to the upper 70s to just short of 80 once again by the later stage of the mid-afternoon time period. The daily minimum temperature in the mid 60s was reached in the overnight very early morning hours about an hour after midnight. The peak winds (16 MPH) were still light but increased some from yesterday, “highest” in the early afternoon, maintaining an easterly direction. Barometric…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – TUESDAY AUGUST 3, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – TUESDAY AUGUST 3, 2021

Tuesday was another relatively pleasantly cool, partly to mostly cloudy day. We warmed up to the upper 70s once again by the later stage of the mid-afternoon time period. The daily minimum temperature in the lower 60s was reached in the overnight early morning hours well before sunrise. The peak winds (11 MPH) were quite light, “highest” in the mid afternoon, veering over to an easterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest in the mid morning while the lowest were in…

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WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – MONDAY AUGUST 2, 2021

WEST ROCKVILLE MARYLAND WEATHER UPDATE – MONDAY AUGUST 2, 2021

Monday was another relatively pleasantly cool day with cumulus dancing across our skies at time to give us partly cloudy conditions most of the day. We warmed up to the upper 70s by the later stage of the mid-afternoon time period. The daily minimum temperature right at 60 was reached in the early morning hours a bit after sunrise. The peak winds (19 MPH) were moderate, strongest in the mid morning, veering slightly to a northwesterly direction. Barometric pressures were…

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