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

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CLEAR SKIES AGAIN WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY RECORD DAILY RAINFALL FOR JULY 4 CONFIRMED AS 2.48 INCHES It’s been another excellent weekend day today, with mostly clear skies all day and the temperature rising into the 80s. The air has also been very dry today, with relative humidity values dropping to below 40% this afternoon, allowing for a very pleasant day.  The wind has been light and mainly out of the west and northwest.  Unlike yesterday when a sea breeze was present for nearly the entire day, we have not seen an easterly component to the wind so far today.  The NE winds of yesterday held our high temperature to just 76F, a value which we exceeded by 11:00 AM this morning. Through 2PM EDT, the high for today so far is 84F.  The visibility has held steady at 50-55 miles for most of the day. As suspected, with the data now confirmed, a new record daily rainfall has been established for July 4th, with 2.48 inches of rain falling that day this year, easily surpassing the old record of 1.78 inches in 1950.  An additional 0.27 inches of rain fell in the early morning hours of the 5th, for a storm total of 2.75 inches from that event which included the offshore passage of Arthur along with a cold frontal passage. This comprises nearly all of our rainfall for the month so far. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, cumulus distant SE-SW, altocumulus distant offshore NE-ESE, few cirrus distant NW, dark smoke layer along horizon SSE-SW Temperature: 67F; Dew Point: 60F; Wind: WNW at 6 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.25 ins. Hg, rising then more rapidly Visibility: 55 miles, distant haze 6-hr max temp: 67F 6-hr min temp: 60F BHO SA 1155 CLR 55 243/67/60/2906/025/ CU DSNT SE-SW AC DSNT OFFSHR NE-ESE FEW CI DSNT NW DRK K LYR ALG HRZN SSE-SW DSNT HZ/ 8/131 51005 10067 20060 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few small cumulus and cumulus fractus all quadrants except NE, cirrus distant SW-NNW Temperature: 78F; Dew Point: 58F; Wind: W at 3 kts, Wind: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.24 ins. Hg, rising slightly then falling Visibility: 55 miles, distant haze BHO SA 1455 CLR 55 241/78/58/2703/024/ FEW SML CU AND CUFRA ALQDS XCPT NE CI DSNT SW-NNW DSNT HZ WND LGT/ 8/101 58002 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, scattered cirrus, few higher thin cirrus Temperature: 83F; Dew Point: 53F; Wind: W at 5 kts, Wind: Light and variable Sea-level pressure: 30.20 ins. Hg, falling Visibility: 50 miles, distant haze 6-hr max temp: 84F 6-hr min temp; 67F BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 230 SCT 50 228/83/53/2705/020/ FEW HIER THN CI DSNT HZ WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/101 57013 10084 20067 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..76    NORMAL…..81 MIN…..65    NORMAL…..63 MEAN….69    NORMAL…..72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+32 [+2.7 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..4   DEPARTURE……….-3 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………100   DEPARTURE………+29 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..209   DEPARTURE……….+9 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……282   DIFFERENCE……..-73 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………22 NE   AT 6:04 A.M. ASOS…………………..24 NE   AT 6:10 A.M. DAVIS………………….22 NE   AT 6:04 A.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..17 NE   AT 5:42 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..17 ENE  AT 6:09 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….15 NE   AT 5:42 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….9.5 ENE ASOS…………………10.0 DAVIS…………………8.5 E [75 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……….-0.13 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.80  DEPARTURE……….+1.55 ASOS…………..2.80 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….27.35  DEPARTURE……….-0.87 ASOS………….27.66 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2014 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/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 7/1  85/66/76/+6/0.00/695/76              31 SSW RMY 36 7/2  89/69/79/+9/T/639/70                 33 SSW RMY 38 7/3  91/68/80/+9/0.05/611/67              29 W   RMY 30  TSTM 7/4  72/61/67/-4/2.48/027/03              28 N   RMY N/A TSTM 7/5  77/55/66/-5/0.27/738/81              36 NW  RMY N/A 7/6  83/61/72/+1/0.00/892/98              29 SW  RMY 33 7/7  85/65/75/+4/T/563/62                 33 SW  RMY 38  TSTM [NO RAIN] 7/8  89/70/80/+8/0.00/763/84              31 SW  RMY 38 7/9  86/70/78/+6/0.00/779/86              28 SSW RMY N/A 7/10 80/65/73/+1/0.00/…/..              16 NW  RMY N/A 7/11 76/62/69/-3/0.00/…/..              22 NE  RMY N/A 7/12 morning low of 60F; the normal low is now 63F DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 2014 7/4- NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.48 ins; surpasses previous record of 1.78 ins. in 1950 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 12 HIGH 97F IN 1943 LOW 48F IN 1945 PRECIP 1.43 INS IN 1975 WIND 48e MPH SSW IN 1944 RECORDS FOR JULY 13 HIGH 95F IN 1894 LOW 52F IN 1888, 1895, 1939, 1973 PRECIP 3.54 INS IN 1996 WIND 55 MPH SE IN 1996 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Jonathan O’Brien
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