West Rockville MD Weather

Friday cleared out nicely in the early AM and we had a colder, sunny day with few clouds (cirrostratus mostly). Temperatures started out in the low 30s at sunrise, only rising to the upper 30s by mid-afternoon. Temperatures then dropped off before sunset and into the evening hours to the upper mid-20s. only into the mid 30s by midnight observation time. The maximum temperature was 38.5° at 1428. The minimum temperature was 26.9° at 2359. AM min was 33.4° @ 0800. …

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Thursday started out cloudy and cold in the AM, but gradually warmed up a bit in the PM, with some sun peaking through the cloud deck at time as temperatures climbed into the low 40s in the mid-afternoon.  Temperatures then dropped off slowly only into the mid 30s by midnight observation time. Regarding my Wednesday report, I should have kept the snow flurries report to being scattered around the region. I relied on only a few reports to state that…

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Wednesday got off to a mostly cloudy and cold start, with snow flurries falling lightly in the afternoon (nothing measurable) scattered about the region. Temperatures started out in the low 30s at midnight and held most of the day no higher than the mid 30s, then gradually lowered during the evening into the upper 20s well before observation time.  The maximum temperature was 35.9° at 1454. The minimum temperature was 28.9° at 2214. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low…

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Tuesday got off to a cloudy, cool start, gradually turning colder all day with some clearing at times all day. Temperatures started out in the lower-mid 40s at midnight, then gradually lowered most of the day down to the freezing mark 24 hours later at the end of the observation day.  The maximum temperature was 43.2° at 0000. The minimum temperature was 32.6° at 2345. Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 35° @ 0000 down to a low…

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Monday started out on an improving note with fog being swept away in the very early AM by stronger W winds that eventually cleared out the higher clouds also, yielding a partly cloudy, dry, mild day that started cooling off a bit in the evening.  Temperatures started out in the mid 50s at midnight, then gradually lowered most of the day down to the upper-low 40s 24 hours later at the end of the observation day. No rain or drizzle…

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Sunday was a very cloudy and very foggy day with occasional light rain showers (0.16″) with temperatures slowly increasing through the upper-low 40s in the very early AM till maxing out in the mid 50s in the mid-late evening. The fog was quite dense much of the day, we were really socked in as the warm front to the west struggled to pass through our area. Forecasts for highs in the upper 50s-mid 60s made a few days ago never…

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Saturday was a cloudy, cool, foggy day with occasional light rain showers (0.28″ – mostly mid-day) with temperatures maxing out in the lower mid 40s at the end of the day after starting out in the early AM in the lower-mid 30s. The maximum temperature was 43.4° at 2354. (Earlier max 40.7° at 1010) The minimum temperature was 33.4° at 0136. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 30° @ 0126 up to a high of 42° @ 2335. Relative…

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As we close out a wetter and colder than normal November and head into the beginning of meteorological winter on  Saturday the days continue to get shorter and are remaining colder than normal, though temps will moderate this weekend as the new month starts with periods of rain. The outlook for December is for cold and wet conditions to continue, however. Today’s attached image is the third and last of the series of the snowy summit area of Salt Pond…

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As we head towards the beginning of meteorological winter this Saturday (December 1) the days continue to get shorter and are remaining colder than normal, though will moderate this weekend as the new month starts along with periods of rain. Today’s featured image is another of the snowy summit expanse of Salt Pond Mtn (4365′ elevation) taken on Wednesday, November 28. Photo courtesy of David Carroll, who helps run the Dyacon weather stations there and other high summits in WV…

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As we head towards the beginning of meteorological winter this Saturday (December 1) the days continue to get shorter and keep getting colder. Wednesday was a variably cloudy, colder, blustery, dry day with temperatures maxing out only in the mid 30s in the mid-afternoon then falling into the upper 20s by the late evening. Today’s featured image is a snowy one of part of the landscape from the summit of Salt Pond Mountain including the meteorological instruments taken on Wednesday,…

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