West Rockville MD Weather

Seems that I am establishing a new pattern of two-day reports of late. I will work on trying to get caught up and to report daily if at all possible. We took some steps back over these two days, with below normal temps and even a slight threat of snow late Sunday/early Monday, which unfortunately did not turn out to be. The big NCAA basketball tournament selections were made Sunday night, and the first games will start on Tuesday.   Sunday was…

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Still trying to get caught up, at least this update is covering only two days again and is in the traditional format. We are really getting into spring now, with low-mid 70s for highs on Thursday and Friday. The basketball tournaments are really into full swing now, and Sunday night the big dance invitations will all be laid out.  Friday was partly sunny and warm.  High temps reached the mid 70s by the mid-afternoon after only dropping into the upper…

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Still trying to get caught up, at least this update is covering only two days and is more or less in the traditional format. We are speeding up the process of morphing into springlike conditions as we head into the mid-March period. It is also conference basketball tournament week. These events will help determine the seedings of many top teams into the Big Dance (NCAA tournament) whose invitations will be coming this Sunday evening.  Wednesday was mostly sunny and milder in…

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Still trying to get caught up, at least this update is covering only two days and is more or less in the traditional format.  Monday was mostly sunny and quite mild,  with high temps in the upper 50s with lows in the mid 40s.  The high temperature of 59.2° is the warmest so far this month of March.   The maximum temperature was 59.2° at 1645. The minimum temperature was 46.1° at 0626. The dew point temperatures ranged from a high…

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I have been catching up on a lot of activities, some weather, most not, over the past several days. So sorry for my self-imposed hiatus. Just a brief note here to highlight the first 10 days of March, with some statistics and let you know I am all right here in Maryland. It has been a relatively cold and wet start to the month, with a total of 1.66″ of precipitation falling from March 1 through March 10, and 2.5″…

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Thursday was partly cloudy and milder , with high temps in the low 40s  with lows in the mid 30s. Clouds increased late in advance of our next system for Friday, which has already dumped over an inch of snow at the current time during the overnight period. There was a nice sunset that I happened to catch in the early evening hours as shown in today’s featured image. Is that a glory in the picture?  The maximum temperature was…

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Wednesday was mostly cloudy and colder than expected, with high temps only in the mid 30s vs. forecasted high temps in the upper 40s. Clouds were held in place most all day with a gradually more moist easterly flow, which dammed up against the mountains to the west, causing the normally colder mountain areas to be actually warmer and much sunnier. An interesting contrast pattern for the day was the gradual increase in the humidity all day yet a contrasting…

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Tuesday was mostly clear/sunny, cooler in the AM, milder in the PM, with high, contrail-laden clouds much of the morning (see featured image for some more contrails observed Tuesday morning), still very dry but with winds abating from yesterday.  Temps reached highs around 50° for highs after early morning mins around the freezing mark. Pretty close to normal temps for this time of year. The maximum temperature was 50.2° at 1501. The minimum temperature was 31.9° at 0703. The dew…

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Monday was sunny, cooler, very dry and very windy at times. Winds gusted to 40-50 MPH locally at nearby stations with wind equipment. Air was very dry and very clear most all day. Temps reached highs in the mid 40s, then fell off some thereafter, reaching the mid 30s by midnight observation. In the metro area numerous trees and structures were blown down with the high winds, and power was out in many locations, but managed to stay on at…

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Cloudy and mild in the AM, with rain (0.75″) from about 0200-0920 then slow clearing the rest of the day with winds increasing as the LOW pulls away and the HIGH moves in. Low temps in the mid 30s early AM, then rising into the mid 50s by later in the afternoon, then slowly cooling off into the mid 40s by later in the evening. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY then WARNING is progressing into the area late Sunday and Monday….

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