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A continuation of the warm, dry spell that is starting out the month of October, some afternoon sprinkles in the area update from West Rockville MD for Wednesday, October 3, 2018

A continuation of the warm, dry spell that is starting out the month of October, some afternoon sprinkles in the area update from West Rockville MD for Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Wednesday continued warm and basically dry with partly sunny skies.  There were some sprinkles in the area but I did not observe/accumulate any here at my station. High temperatures reached the low 80s mark by mid-afternoon,  after early morning lows in the upper mid 60s. Wednesday’s max temperature was 81.6° at 1549. Tuesday’s min temperature was 67.9° at 0709. Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 70° @ 0927 down to a low of 64° @ 2340. Relative humidity values…

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A continuation of the warm.dry spell to start out the month of October as thunderstorm threat stays well north update from West Rockville MD for Tuesday, October 2, 2018

A continuation of the warm.dry spell to start out the month of October as thunderstorm threat stays well north update from West Rockville MD for Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Tuesday was a warm and dry one with partly sunny skies. High temperatures reached the low 80s mark by mid-afternoon, after an early morning in the mid 60s. Our thunderstorm threat stayed north of the Mason Dixon Line, with severe weather including tornadoes hitting parts of central Pennsylvania.  Tuesday’s max temperature was 80.9° at 1435. Tuesday’s min temperature was 64.4° at 0707. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 63° @ 0547 up to a high of 73° @…

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A warm, dry spell to start out the month of October from West Rockville MD on Monday, October 1, 2018

A warm, dry spell to start out the month of October from West Rockville MD on Monday, October 1, 2018

The start of October on this Monday was a warm and dry one with lots of sunshine. High temperatures reached the 80° mark by mid-afternoon, after an early morning in the low 60s. Monday’s max temperature was 80.0° at 1610. Monday’s min temperature was 61.4° at 0732. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 60° @ 0724 up to a high of 71° @ 1523. Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0438 down to a…

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A beautiful wrap-up last day of the month to a very wet September from West Rockville MD for Sunday, September 30, 2018

A beautiful wrap-up last day of the month to a very wet September from West Rockville MD for Sunday, September 30, 2018

Well this last weekend of September finished out a very wet month with a tranquil, pleasant, dry early fall Sunday, which was filled with sunshine and pleasant temperatures and low dew points. High temperatures reached the low 70s by mid-afternoon, after an early morning in the mid 50s. Sunday’s max temperature was 72.6° at 1621  Friday’s min temperature was 56.2° at 0447 Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 52° @ 0913 up to a high of 63° @ 1744 Relative humidity…

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Mostly sunny, pleasant early fall day update for West Rockville, Maryland for Saturday, September 29, 2018

Mostly sunny, pleasant early fall day update for West Rockville, Maryland for Saturday, September 29, 2018

Well this last weekend of September is finishing out a very wet month with a tranquil, pleasant early fall two-day period. Saturday was filled with sunshine and pleasant temperatures and lower dew points, with fair-weather cumulus dotting the afternoon sky at times. High temperatures reached the mid 70s by mid-afternoon, after an early morning in the upper mid 50s.  Saturday’s max temperature was 74.2° at 1459  Friday’s min temperature was 57.5° at 0706 Dew point temperatures ranged from a low…

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Cloudy, cool, early AM rain, then slow clearing, sunny by mid afternoon update for West Rockville, Maryland for Friday, September 28, 2018

Cloudy, cool, early AM rain, then slow clearing, sunny by mid afternoon update for West Rockville, Maryland for Friday, September 28, 2018

Friday started out cloudy, cool with early AM rain (0.57″ total for the day) from midnight to about 0430 with the heaviest rain falling 0145-0200. Temperatures recovered from early AM mid 50s to the 70° mark by late afternoon with sunny skies finally returning.  Wednesday’s max temperature was 70.8° at 1700 Wednesday’s min temperature was 56.1° at 0644 Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 55° @ 0213 up to a high of 62° @ 1705 Relative humidity values…

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Cloudy, much cooler (especially later in the day), still damp with rain update for West Rockville, Maryland for Thursday, September 27, 2018

Cloudy, much cooler (especially later in the day), still damp with rain update for West Rockville, Maryland for Thursday, September 27, 2018

Wednesday was cloudy, much cooler with steady rain (1.16″) from about 1400 through midnight observation with the heaviest rain falling in the late evening just before and during midnight observation. Temperatures maxed out at the very beginning of the day in the upper 60s but dropped into the 50s by the time rain started to fall. Wednesday’s max temperature was 69.2° at 0000 Wednesday’s min temperature was 55.5° at 1638 Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 68° @…

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Partly to mostly cloudy (some sun in the early-mid afternoon), warmer, more humid, early evening thunderstorm, cooler late update for West Rockville, Maryland for Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Partly to mostly cloudy (some sun in the early-mid afternoon), warmer, more humid, early evening thunderstorm, cooler late update for West Rockville, Maryland for Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Wednesday was partly to mostly cloudy, warmer and more humid, with high temps reaching the low-mid 80s after lows in the upper 60s, with a brief thunderstorm in the early evening (0.33″ total (second day in a row) for the day, heaviest rain around 1820, most of the rain today fell between 1820 and 1945) then just cloudy the rest of the evening with gradual cooling. Wednesday’s max temperature was 83.6° at 1508 Wednesday’s min temperature was 69.2° late at…

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Mostly cloudy (a few mins of weak sun in the afternoon), not as cool nor as wet update for West Rockville, Maryland for Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Mostly cloudy (a few mins of weak sun in the afternoon), not as cool nor as wet update for West Rockville, Maryland for Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Tuesday was mostly cloudy, warmer and more humid, with high temps reaching the mid 70s after lows in the low 60s, with light rain falling in the morning from about 0005 to 1010, no more than 0.01″ for any 5 minute period with no real significant rain rates. There was heavy fog for a time in the mid morning, observed between 8 and 9 am.  The stationary front to our south migrated northward as a warm front, and by mid-day…

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Another cloudy, cool, wet update for West Rockville, Maryland for Monday, September 24, 2018

Another cloudy, cool, wet update for West Rockville, Maryland for Monday, September 24, 2018

Monday was cloudy and a tad milder with occasional rain falling off and on during the day (0.15″) from the same LOW pressure system that gave us rain on Sunday, mostly in the morning (0.05″). Residual light showers fell in the afternoon and evening.   Once again temperatures did not vary much all day but were a tad milder than Sunday, reaching up into the mid 60s by the afternoon.   Monday’s max temperature was 64.9° at 1407    Monday’s min temperature…

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