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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER…

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014    VETERAN’S DAY ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME INVERSION TO START THE DAY ONCE AGAIN, TEMPS RISING NEAR 60F BY MID MORNING At the 7:00 AM EST observation another inversion was present just below the summit at approximately 600 feet. While the summit of Great Blue Hill recorded 46F at 7:00 AM, Norwood Memorial Airport, just a few miles away, was reporting 30F. By the 10:00 AM EST observation, air lower at the surface began to mix out and was warmer than the summit once again. Stratocumulus lenticularis began invading from the W soon after with mostly clear conditions above. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cirrus distant NW-SW, inversion present in all direction estimated 600 feet over city, patches of fog below inversion in all directions Temperature: 46F; Dew Point: 45F; Wind: SSE at 12 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.17 ins. Hg, decreasing, then increasing and lower Visibility: 15 miles, obscured by patches of fog 6-hr max temp: 46F 6-hr min temp: 43F 24-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1155 CLR 15 217/46/45/1612/017/ INVSN PRSNT ALQDS ESTMTD TOP 6HND OVR CTY GF BLO INVSN ALQDS FEW CI DSNT NW-SW/ 8//01 55002 10046 20043 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cumulus fractus SW-NW, few cirrostratus distant SE-SW Temperature: 55F; Dew Point: 48F; Wind: S at 12G18 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.15 ins. Hg, increasing, then decreasing and lower Visibility: 40 miles distant, except 25 miles SW-N, haze 3-hr precip: 0.00 BHO SA 1455 CLR 40 211/55/48/1712G18/015/ VSBY SW-N 25 MI FEW CUFRA SW-NW FEW CS DSNT SE-SW HZ BLO STA ALQDS/ 8/705 58006 1 P.M. Weather: Broken stratocumulus, broken cirrus Temperature: 60F; Dew Point: 50F; Wind: S at 11 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.07 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 35 miles, hazy 6-hr min temp: 61F 6-hr max temp: 46F 6-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1755 E21 BKN 250 BKN 35 183/60/50/1711/007/ HAZY/ 8/401 58028 10061 20046 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..58   NORMAL…..52 MIN…..40   NORMAL…..35 MEAN….49   NORMAL…..44 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….+1 [-0.1 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..16  DEPARTURE………..-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….199  DEPARTURE………..-1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………621  DEPARTURE………-142 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….669  DIFFERENCE………-48 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………17 S   AT  6:58 P.M. ASOS…………………..20 S   AT  6:59 P.M. DAVIS………………….19 S   AT  7:00 P.M. RMY 20 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..16 S   AT 11:58 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..16 S   AT  7:08 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….15 S   AT 11:57 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………7.9 S ASOS…………………8.6 DAVIS………………..7.1  SSW (198 degrees) * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……..-0.16 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.66  DEPARTURE……..+0.10 ASOS…………..1.69 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….43.21  DEPARTURE……..-2.12 ASOS………….43.56 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY GUST RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ….: Data not yet available, records not finalized 11/1  45/36/41/-5/…./0.0/000/00              35 NNE RMY N/A 11/2  37/32/35/-11/…./1.8/000/00             46 NW  RMY 49 11/3  50/30/45/-6/0.00/0.0/…/..              39 WNW RMY 43 11/4  61/44/53/+8/0.00/0.0/…/..              28 SSW RMY 32 11/5  66/50/58/+13/0.00/0.0/…/..             29 SSW RMY N/A 11/6  52/45/49/+4/0.58/0.0/000/00              23 NE  RMY 24 11/7  46/34/40/-5/0.00/0.0/…/..              39 NW  RMY 42 11/8  47/30/39/-5/0.00/0.0/…/..              24 W   RMY 25 11/9  56/38/47/+3/0.00/0.0/…/..              23 SSW RMY N/A * 10/10 58/40/49/+5/0.00/0.0/…/..              17 S   RMY 20 11/11 morning low temp: 43F since midnight; normal low now 35F *CORRECTION MADE TO 11/9 MAX. DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2014: 11/2 – A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL 1.8 INCHES; surpasses the previous record of 0.2 ins. in 1906, 1951 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRECIP 1.14 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986 PEAK GUST 64 NW IN 1962 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 12 HIGH 74 IN 1909 LOW 18 IN 1926 PRECIP 3.25 INCHES IN 1947 SNOWFALL 8.1 INCHES IN 1987 PEAK GUST 79e MPH NW IN 1947 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
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