Kevin Shaw

Tuesday started out rather auspiciously with an early AM thundershower (0.93″) from about 0615-0715. Skies gradually cleared the rest of the morning and were mostly sunny,, hotter, and more humid in the afternoon. […]

Memorial Day Monday was partly sunny, not as warm as Sunday, moderately humid but dry. Temperatures were in the upper mid 60s in the early AM and rose to the upper low 80s by mid afternoon.  Dew point t […]

Sunday was partly cloudy, warmer, and more humid. Temperatures were in the mid 60s in the early AM and rose to the upper mid 80s by mid afternoon, not quite making it to the magical 90° mark. Dew point t […]

Saturday was partly cloudy, seasonably warm, moderately humid with a light evening shower (0.07″). Severe weather occurred elsewhere in the region, particularly in parts of northern Virginia. Temperatures were in […]

Friday was mostly sunny, not as warm or as humid as yesterday, and dry. Temperatures were in the upper mid 60s in the early AM and rose to the low 80s by the mid-late afternoon. Dew point temperatures dropped f […]

Thursday was partly cloudy in the AM with building humidity and warmer temperatures coupled with an advancing frontal system in the afternoon that led to a line of severe thunderstorms that rumbled through around […]

Wednesday was mostly sunny, pleasantly cool, especially in the early AM with low 50s mins and still dry. High temperatures reached the low 70s once again, but later in the evening the dew points and temperatures […]

Tuesday was mostly sunny, cooler, and less humid/drier, very pleasant day with no rain.  Temperatures dropped from the low 70s at midnight into the 60s for most of the day (PM Max temp was 70.1°) and to the up […]

April 2019 was drier and warmer than normal. My max temp (68.8°) was 3.5° above normal and my min temp (49.7°) was even more significantly 6.8° above normal, resulting in the mean temperature (59.3°) to be 5.2° […]

Monday was another very warm day with high dew point temperatures, but with a late in the day frontal passage that helped cool down the evening into more seasonable values of air and dew point temperature. There […]

Sunday warmed up even more than Saturday as max temps approached the oppressive 90° mark with dew points climbing into the muggy 70s under partly cloudy skies. There was no real threat for any showers or […]

Saturday warmed up some more with more sun than clouds than yesterday, but with evening thunderstorms threatening closeby (see today’s feature image of a severe thunderstorm cell to my NE around […]

Friday warmed up some more despite mostly cloudy skies most of the day. High clouds “blowoff” from storms to my W and SW held forth but allowed sun to come through and heat us up. Temperatures rose from the mid […]

Thursday warmed up some more under partly cloudy skies despite a weak cold frontal passage in the morning that gave us a light shower (0.02″) around 0800.  Today’s featured image is a near sunset picture sn […]

Wednesday warmed up a lot under quite a bit of sunny conditions, starting the drying process after a good bit of rain the past several days. Today’s featured image is a view of the fully-leafed out garden in my […]

Monday cooled down even further as clouds continued to hold fast under persistent NE winds. Mostly morning periods of light rain (0.55″) fell today with only a bit of light rain and drizzle in the evening hours m […]

Sunday cooled down even further as clouds continued to hold fast under the persistent NE winds with the stationary front still lying to our south, keeping us in the cooler sector. Occasional waves of light rain […]