Weather! Less sun for the next two days, and a chance of rain
I washed my car yesterday. I just couldn’t take the pollen anymore. If it rains today, please don’t hold it against me.
I washed my car yesterday. I just couldn’t take the pollen anymore. If it rains today, please don’t hold it against me.
Clouds are moving into the area this morning; they’re associated with a stationary front that’s draped across most of the eastern half of the United States. The rest of Tuesday is looking like a mostly cloudy day as the stationary front lingers. It is stationary, after all. There’s a band of showers stretching across most of northern Maryland at the moment; we also may see a few periods of rain this afternoon as temperatures increase. We should still hit 70 today without too much issue. Don’t be surprised to see some sun peeking through the clouds in a few places, either. Tuesday night should be similar to Monday night, temperature-wise, with lows in the mid 40s.
Wednesday is looking pretty similar. Temperatures will be slightly cooler, but most of the rain threat is gone as a large area of high pressure currently over New England tracks south. Our high temperature will hang near 65, but overall it should still be a nice day (assuming you’re not having the same allergy woes plaguing most of the area at the moment, that is). The clouds will clear out beginning Wednesday afternoon into the evening, sending lows back to near 45.
The mostly quiet pattern that has held for the last two weeks looks to continue into the future. Thursday is looking a lot like Monday, and I’ll have a complete forecast for the rest of the week, including Opening Night at The Diamond, ready in plenty of time.
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Dan Goff is now a two-time former Richmonder, having departed the River City yet again in favor of southwest Virginia, where he is working on degrees in geography and meteorology at Virginia Tech. Have a question about the weather or weather-related phenomena?
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Why is it that the numbers say 65 degrees but it feels like 50 degrees? It’s annoying. Also, what happened to the 90 degree weather? I was enjoying it. Of course I’m probably the only person that enjoyed it as I am a fan of the hot, hot, heat.
I went digging for a little more data for you. The 5pm reported temperature at the airport was 59 degrees, a drop from the 4pm temperature of 64.9 degrees. (You can blame your weather source for that one; I know who he is and will make sure that he gets a stern talking-to.) In addition, the ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) unit at RIC recorded 14 mph winds.
I also found two personal weather stations on Weather Underground that have yesterday afternoon’s temperature and wind data.
The first one is located near Laburnum and Brook, and reported a temperature of 59.5 degrees and a wind gust of 12 mph at 4:45 yesterday afternoon.
The second one is located off 21st St near Jefferson Park and Broad St, and reported a temperature of 59.4 with an 18 mph wind gust at 4:47pm yesterday.
This isn’t the most scientific analysis in the world, but I believe we can say with some certainty that you experienced similar conditions to this downtown. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll average the wind speeds to 15 mph.
Utilizing the current wind chill formula last revised by the NWS in 2001, and using a temperature of 59 degrees and winds of 15 mph, we get a wind chill of 56 degrees.
That being said, everybody feels weather differently, so YMMV.
Caveat: The “wind chill” temperature isn’t officially defined for surface temperatures outside of +/- 50F, but the formula can be used for any temperature. The impact won’t be significant unless its outside of those ranges, however.
Wow! Thanks for that very well researched response! I guess I just feel weather colder than everyone else.