Kevin Shaw


  • It was partly cloudy to cloudy, a bit cooler but still a quite dry Friday. Low temps in the low 60s in the early morning hours rose into the low 80s by mid afternoon.  Dew point temperatures were lowered a bit a […]

  • I had a very busy Thursday which kept me from posting until now, so I have combined Wednesday’s and Thursday’s reports into this one, somewhat condensed report.

    It was a partly sunny, warmer, still quite dry […]

  • Partly sunny, much cooler, gradually less humid, breezy at times but unfortunately still dry on Tuesday. Low temps in the low 60s were reached at the end of the day at midnight observation time after daily highs […]

  • Mostly sunny, hot through mid-afternoon, then clouds increased thereafter as light showers tried to fall through the dry atmosphere and never did accumulate any observed, measurable rainfall all day. Low temps in […]

  • Mostly sunny, hot day with dew points rising some more but not terrible yet, as they stayed in the 60s.  High temps rose into the low 90s by mid afternoon, after early morning temps in the upper mid 60s. Dew p […]

  • Mostly sunny, warmer day with dew points rising but still relatively comfortable and continued dry for Saturday. High temps rose into the upper mid 80s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps around 60. […]

  • Mostly sunny, pleasantly cool in the AM, a bit warmer afternoon and evening, still dry for Friday. High temps were in the upper mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps around 50, lowest of the […]

  • Partly sunny, pleasantly cool, still dry for Thursday. High temps were in the mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps in the mid 50s, surpassed by midnight temps slightly lower. Dew point […]

  • Mostly sunny, cooler, very pleasant but still dry for mid-week Wednesday. High temps were in the mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning mins in the upper 50s. Dew point temperatures were at their […]

  • Partly cloudy, cooler temps with a cold frontal passage in the AM that caused cloudiness for a while in the morning, then slow clearing and drying out as the PM hours passed. High temps were in the upper mid 70s […]

  • Partly cloudy, a bit warmer temps with a return southerly flow marked the conditions for Monday. The high temperature (mid 80s) for the day was reached in the mid-afternoon after early morning mins in the low […]

  • I cannot post my Monday weather update because it won’t let me load the featured image, which is necessary for posting. The text of my Monday update will hopefully follow, without links as they are not allowed to be in activity feed posts:
    Partly cloudy, a bit warmer temps with a return southerly flow marked the conditions for Monday. The high…[Read more]

  • High cloudiness gradually gave way during the AM hours to a sunny, clear sky in the PM, with dropping dew points as a weak cold front moved on south and east of my area. The high temperature (low 80s) for the day […]

  • August 2019 was much wetter and a bit warmer than normal. My max temp (84.5°) was only 0.3° above normal but my min temp (67.6°) was more significantly 3.4° above normal, resulting in the mean temperature (76 […]

  • Despite a forecast for turning sunny on Saturday, clouds hung tough and kept us that way all day, therefore also still relatively cool, but dry and pleasant  The high temperature (upper mid 70s) for the day was […]

  • Friday really changed over to a cloudy, much cooler pattern. Sprinkles/light showers fell in the area but didn’t amount to very much (0.03 inches), falling before sunrise in the early AM. The high temperature for […]

  • Thursday continued hot and humid under partly cloudy skies with late afternoon/early evening storm threats once again but missing my immediate area once again. On radar a storm tracked southeast from Frederick […]

  • Wednesday turned hot and humid under partly cloudy skies with late afternoon/early evening storm threats. Storms just to my west in northern VA looked like a sure thing as they were moving east towards my […]

  • Tuesday turned partly cloudy with quite a bit of sun, warming things up into the mid 80s after a fairly pleasant early AM in the mid 60s. Dew point temps remained mostly in the 60s all day, highest mid-morning […]

  • Monday turned mostly cloudy, particularly in the AM hours, with some spotty drizzle/light showers around but none recorded at my location, cool in the early hours of the day but warming to just above 80 by […]

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