Kevin Shaw

Saturday was cloudy and cooler in the morning, with early AM light drizzle/sprinkles (0.01″)  then clearing in the PM with sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Hight temps reached the mid 60s by late afternoon […]

Friday was cloudy and noticeably cooler with occasional rain or drizzle (0.16″ total) falling most of the day. Temps in the mid 50s at the very start of the day fell into the 40s by sunrise and held there the rest […]

Thursday was sunny in the AM  through a high cirrostratus overcast that muted the sun’s rays, turning into a thicker overcast later in the PM, blocking out the sun for the most part. It really remained quite dry. […]

  Wednesday was sunny, quite chilly with light winds in the AM, then sunny and much warmer in the PM. Low temps      were once again in the low 30s in the early AM but rose quickly in the later AM and early PM i […]

Tuesday was sunny, quite chilly with light winds in the AM, then becoming cloudy mid-day and staying that way the rest of the day. Light rain showers were expected but no rain fell measurably at my station on […]

April Fool’s day (the beginning of a new April month) was sunny, quite chilly and windy early but diminishing as the day progressed. A friend of mine about 10 miles north of me in the Damascus area reported a few […]

As I write this early Monday, the Final Four spots have been determined in the NCAA basketball tournament. The two remaining members of the Final Four were finalized on Sunday afternoon and evening with two […]

As I write this early Sunday, two of the Final Four spots have been determined with the other two being determined on Sunday afternoon/early evening out of the Regional Finals coming out of the 4 Regional Centers […]

As I write this early Saturday, the other four spots have been finalized for the Elite Eight by top-seeded Duke and  highly seeded Michigan State, Auburn, and Kentucky at two regional centers (including very […]

As I write this early Friday, four of the spots have been finalized for the Elite Eight by top-seeded Virginia and Gonzaga and highly ranked Texas Tech and Purdue at two regional centers with two more centers […]

Back to two days in one post briefly – I crashed last night and didn’t get much at all done. And as I write this early Thursday, preparations are being finalized at four regional centers (including very close by […]

Monday was partly to mostly cloudy and seasonably mild, with high temps in the lower 60s and late evening low temps in the low 40s. Sprinkles/very light rain fell occasionally in the mid-late afternoon but only […]

FEBRUARY 2019 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND

by Kevin Shaw, Observer

February 2019 was milder and a bit wetter than normal, based on new normals for my station developed out of the Oregon State […]

JANUARY 2019 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND

by Kevin Shaw, Observer

January 2019 was a bit warmer and wetter than normal, based on new normals for my station developed out of the PRISM program […]

There were a lot of exciting games on Sunday in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Sweet 16 has been finalized with the next game action not till next Thursday, with one of the regionals being held locally at the […]

My patterns have worsened and now I have a long 5 day report. There’s a lot of conflicting activities that take up way too much of my time. One is the NCAA basketball tournament which started earlier this week. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 l […]