BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION...2 P.M. Low clouds and fog all day today so far and some light rain and drizzle this morning amounted to 0.08 inch. Temperatures are rising toward the upper 60's with dewpoints rising into the mid-60's. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 9/16/2004 THU 8a.m. obscurement 1/16 visibility light drizzle and fog; temp and dewpoint 62; wind estimated wnw at 03 mph; six hourly min. temp. 60; 24 hour precip. 0.07 inch... BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/16L-F 210/62/62/E3002/015/ CDNS HIER PST HR LE1058B50/ 8//// 50004 ASOS 60002 MANUAL 6003/ ASOS 70006 MANUAL 70007 10062 20060 11 a.m. obscurement with fog and visbility varying between 1/4 and 3/4 mile in light drizzle and fog; temp. and dewpoint 64; three hourly precip. 0.02 inch BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/2VL-F 202/64/64/0707/013/ VSBY 1/4V3/4 VSBY LWR N-NE RB15E25LB35 PCPN VRY LGT/ 57008 ASOS 60001 MANUAL 6002/ 2 p.m. low overcast stratus; visibility 6 miles in light fog; temp 67 and dewpoint 65; wind ene at 07 mph; six hourly max. temp. 67; six hourly precip. 0.02 inch... BHO SA 1755 E5 OVC 6F 179/67/65/0706/006/ 8/6// 58023 ASOS 60001 MANUAL 6002/ 10067 20062 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....69 NORMAL.....71 HAZEN SHELTER 69.0 @ 1:32 P.M. MIN.....51 NORMAL.....54 HAZEN SHELTER 51.0 @ 5:43 A.M. MEAN....60 NORMAL.....62 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....-2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+12 (+0.6 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........20 S AT 7:33 P.M. AEROVANE.........22 S AT 7:33 P.M. ASOS.............18 S AT 7:33 P.M. DAVIS............20 S AT 11:56 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........14 SSE AT 1:26 A.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...16 SSE AT 1:13 A.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...17 S AT 4:17 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 9.0 S ASOS........... 9.4 S / 190 deg. DAVIS.......... 9.6 S / 190 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.07 DEPARTURE....-0.07 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.61 DEPARTURE....-0.42 ASOS..............1.60 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........35.17 DEPARTURE....-0.34 ASOS.............33.48 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 9/1 78/60/69/+2/0/763/97 21 MPH WNW 9/2 72/56/64/-2/0/722/92 23 MPH S 9/3 79/57/68/+2/0/743/95 25 MPH SSW 9/4 82/58/70/+4/0/553/71 29 MPH ENE Aero 30 MPH ENE 9/5 67/52/60/-5/0/513/66 25 MPH ENE 9/6 72/51/62/-3/0/720/93 18 MPH SSE LABOR DAY 9/7 80/58/69/+4/0/424/55 24 MPH SSE 9/8 74/63/69/+4/0.79/008/01 23 MPH NE 9/9 80/63/72/+8/0.75/115/15 45 MPH S Aero 51 MPH S Remnants of Frances 9/10 74/56/65/+1/T/610/80 36 MPH WNW Aero 40 MPH NW 9/11 69/55/62/-2/0/456/60 18 MPH NE 9/12 76/53/65/+2/0/719/95 18 MPH SW 9/13 76/57/67/+4/0/513/68 18 MPH NNW 9/14 64/52/58/-5/0/699/93 18 MPH SSE 9/15 69/51/60/-2/0.01/367/49 20 MPH S 9/16 morning low temp. 60; rainfall 0.08 Sunshine for the month so far stands at 69% of possible or more than 10 points above normal... OUR DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 16 HIGH 91F IN 1939,1941 LOW 39F IN 1984 PRECIP 5.12 INCHES IN 1933 (Hurricane) PEAK GUST 59 MPH SSE IN 1999 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 17 HIGH 86F IN 1915,1941,1991 LOW 38F IN 1959 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1933 PEAK GUST 60 MPH WNW IN 1999 Today's report: Robert Skilling