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June 7, 2014

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

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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, JUNE 7, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY… The sky was mostly clear at sunrise this morning with just a few altocumulus in the distance.  Small cumulus began building later in the morning and continued into the afternoon.  After a morning low of 56F, the temperature has climbed to near 80F as of the 1 PM EST observation. Visibility was a hazy 70 miles early this morning, then it dropped to around 40 miles at mid-afternoon. By early afternoon, the visibility had climbed back up to 70 miles with light distant haze. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, few altocumulus distant SSW-W and NW, few altocumulus castellanus distant SW, light distant haze Temperature: 64F; Dew Point: 54F; Wind: NW at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.94 ins. Hg, rising, then more rapidly Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max temp: 64F 6-hr min temp: 56F BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 138/64/54/3208/994/ FEW AC DSNT SSW-W AND NW FEW ACCAS DSNT SW LT DSNT HZ/ 8/030 53009 10064 20056 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, scattered cirrus, few cumulus fractus all quadrants, hazy Temperature: 75F; Dew Point: 57F; Wind: NW at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.96 ins. Hg, rising Visibility: 40 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 30 SCT 250 SCT 40 144/75/57/3108/996/ FEW CUFRA ALQDS HAZY/ 8/101 51006 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, few moderate cumulus, light distant haze Temperature: 79F; Dew Point: 55F; Wind: W at 7 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.93 ins. Hg, falling Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr max temp: 80F 6-hr min temp: 64F BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 70 135/79/55/2707/993/ FEW MDT CU LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/100 58009 10080 20064 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..73    NORMAL…..72 MIN…..54    NORMAL…..54 MEAN….64    NORMAL…..63 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………..+1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………..+1 [0.0 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………1  DEPARTURE……….-3 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..20  DEPARTURE……….-6 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..6414  DEPARTURE………+85 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……5744  DIFFERENCE…….+670 COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..0   DEPARTURE……….-2 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..6   DEPARTURE……….-5 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………19   DEPARTURE………-16 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….57   DIFFERENCE……..-38 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………22  WNW AT   2:36 P.M. ASOS…………………..25  W   AT   2:36 P.M. DAVIS………………….22  WNW AT  11:16 A.M. RMY 23 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..17  WNW AT   3:10 P.M. * MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..18  W   AT   2:37 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….16  W   AT   2:37 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………11.5  NWN ASOS…………………10.9 DAVIS…………………9.7  WNW [290 deg] * Last of several occurrences… PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……….-0.17 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.02  DEPARTURE……….+0.02 ASOS…………..1.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….23.36  DEPARTURE……….-0.30 ASOS………….23.72 * * Corrected PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 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 6/1  72/47/60/-2/0.00/…/..              21 NNW RMY 21 6/2  81/52/67/+5//0.00/…/..             22 SSW RMY 23 6/3  81/57/69/+7/…./…/..              25 SSE RMY 28 6/4  64/52/58/-5/…./…/..              16 SE  RMY N/A 6/5  60/55/58/-5/…./000/00              21 NNW RMY 24 6/6  73/54/64/+1/0.00/…/..              22 WNW RMY 23 6/7  morning low temp: 56F; the normal low is now 55F DAILY RECORDS FOR JUNE 2014 None so far. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JUNE 7 HIGH 93F IN 1999 LOW 40F IN 1932 PRECIP 4.01 INS IN 2006 PEAK GUST 58 MPH NE IN 1982 RECORDS FOR JUNE 8 HIGH 94F IN 1984 LOW 37F IN 1932 PRECIP 1.53 INS IN 1947 PEAK GUST 86e MPH WNW IN 1946 [Record for month] TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Mike Iacono
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