MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
SEPTEMBER 2006
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (DATA COMPILED BY NATE MULLINS)

Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds
Observation time for this station is midnight.

	Temperature, °F	Precipitation, In.		
			Liquid	Solid	7am
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	64	59	1.00			F
2	65	55	1.20			F
3	62	59	 .01
4	82	53				F
5	67	61	 .15
6	74	60	 .13
7	80	55				F
8	80	56
9	80	56				F
10	80	54	   T			F
11	67	56	 .08			F
12	64	58	   T			F
13	63	59	 .25			F
14	75	57				F
15	72	57	   T			F
16	75	61	   T			F
17	76	59				F
18	82	55	 .04			F
19	75	62	 .01
20	62	54
21	65	45
22	66	46
23	76	59	 .18			F
24	76	60	 .01
25	69	50
26	74	46
27	72	45
28	57	48	 .13			T
29	63	48	 .01
30	65	46	 .16

AVG/SUM	70.9	54.6	3.36	 0.0	 - 	  	 	
EXT	82	45	1.20	  -	 -
Date	18*	27*	2	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  62.8 F
Year precipitation to date:  24.10"
Season snowfall to date:  0.0"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  15 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  1 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

DAILY NOTES:

WELCOME RAIN FROM ERNESTO

1: Cloudy and cool.  Light rain began around 9:30pm, slackened by noon then picked back up
   during the afternoon and became heavy by 9pm.  A total of 1.00" fell by midnight.
2: Rain heavy at times continued overnight and tapered by drizzle by 8am then ended by 10am.
   Cool and cloudy and light breezes from NE.  Another 1.20" fell today, total rain from
   Ernesto 2.20".
3: Mostly cloudy, breezy and cool with occasional light drizzle.
4: Early fog, then partly cloudy and much warmer high 82 F.
5: Light rain overnight tapered to drizzle by 10am and ended by noon, .15" fell.  Remained
   cloudy, much cooler again.
6: Light rain began around 7am slowly tapered off by late morning, .13" fell.  Partial sun
   during the afternoon.
7: Dense fog cleared by 10am and became partly cloudy.
8: Clear early then partly cloudy.
9: AM fog cleared by 10am, then partly cloudy with light breezes.
10: Light AM haze/fog cleared by 10am.  Increasing clouds by late afternoon, brief light
    showers around 5pm (trace).
11: Cooler with drizzle overnight continuing through 4pm then remained cloudy.
12: Cloudy with periods of fine mist.
13: Rain began early this morning and continued intermittently with low clouds, .25" fell.
14: Fog lifted by 9am and became partly cloudy with light west winds.
15: Early fog lifted by 9am.  Mostly cloudy with a few brief light showers this evening.
16: Cloudy with calm wind and occasional light drizzle.
17: Dense AM fog, becoming mostly sunny during the afternoon.
18: Dense AM fog with drizzle (.04").  Became sunny and warm the remainder of the day.
19: Light shower overnight (.01").  Partly to mostly sunny with light west winds.
20: Partly cloudy early, then mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler.
21: Sunny becoming partly cloudy during the afternoon.
22: Cloudy and calm.
23: Occasional predawn showers with low clouds, .18" rain fell.  Cloudy becoming partly
    cloudy after 2pm.
24: Cloudy and breezy with occasional AM drizzle, becoming partly sunny by afternoon.
25: Cloudy early becoming mostly sunny after 10am.
26: Partly cloudy and pleasant with light & variable winds.
27: Mostly sunny, pleasant.
28: Cloudy and cool.  Brief thunderstorm around 5pm dropped .13" rain.
29: Partly cloudy with light breezes.
30: Cloudy and cool, light rain from 8am-2pm.  Some sun followed then an evening shower,
    total .16" rain fell.

SUMMARY:

After a hot, dry couple of months, the remnants of Ernesto brought a welcome pattern change
that lasted through much of September.  Temperatures and precipitation were both near normal.
About 2/3 of the month's rain fell from Ernesto, so without it would have been another dry
month, despite frequent light rain events.  The mean max of 70.9 F was 8.7 degrees cooler than
last year's 79.6 F (warmest September mean max was 81.2 F in 1998).  However, due to ample
cloud cover, the below normal daily max's were nearly offset by above normal nightly mins.