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March 26, 2014

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

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME POWERFUL ATLANTIC STORM PASSING SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD BRINGS HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THERE WITH WIND GUSTS OF OVER 80 MPH AT NANTUCKET A SCANT DUSTING OF WINDBLOWN SNOW HERE AT THE SUMMIT WINDS GUSTS PAST 50 MPH THIS MORNING FROM N-NNW A rapidly deepening coastal storm formed off the coast of the Carolinas yesterday with its center passing southeast of Cape Cod. Heavy snow and blowing snow with N winds gusting over 60 MPH on the Cape and over 80 MPH on Nantucket was considered a very strong nor’easter. Here at Blue Hill winds swung into the east- northeast then northeast last evening and began increasing after midnight while backing to north and north-northwest this morning. Peak wind gusts were over 50 MPH a few times with 53 MPH N at 8:12 A.M. and then 54 MPH NNW at 11:08 A.M. EDT. Only a scant dusting (0.1 inch) of snow fell and soon evaporated or was blown away after 8 A.M. EDT. Intermittent very light snow then continued the rest of the morning.  There was no measurable amount of liquid from the snow. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast nimbostratus with light snow Temperature: 25F; Dew Point: 15F; Wind: N at 22G33 kts, Wind: Peak wind from N at 39 kts at 6:32 A.M. Wind: Direction variable NNW-NE Sea-level pressure: 29.65 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 6 miles, light snow, except 4 miles ESE-S 6-hr max temp: 30F 6-hr min temp: 25F 24-hour precip: trace 24-hour snowfall: 0.1 inch Snow depth: Trace BHO SA 1155 E28 OVC 6S- 039/25/15/3622G33/965/ VSBY ESE-S 4 VSBY INCRSG ALQDS PST HR PK WND 0139/32 WND 33V04 TOTAL NEW SNW PST 6/24 HRS 0.1 IN PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/02/ 56024 MANUAL 6000/ 70000 10030 20025 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast nimbostratus, very light intermittent snow Temperature: 27F; Dew Point: 11F; Wind: NNW at 25G46 kts, Wind: Peak wind from NNW at 46 kts at 9:47 A.M. Wind: Direction variable NW-NNE, gradually backing Sea-level pressure: 29.59 ins. Hg, falling, then more rapidly Visibility: 25 miles, except 15 miles in light showers of snow to the W-NW, light distant haze 3-hourly precip: trace 3-hourly snowfall: trace BHO SA 1455 E45 OVC 25S- 019/27/11/3425G46/959/ VSBY W-NW 15 SHSN S- INTMT VRY LGT PK WND 3446/47/ WND 31V03 WND GRDLY BACKING/ 8/02/ 58020 MANUAL 6000/ 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast altostratus, sun dimly visible Temperature: 31F; Dew Point: 8F; Wind: NW at 23G44 kts, Wind: Peak wind from NW at 47 kts @ 12:22 P.M. Wind: Direction variable WNW to NNE Sea-level pressure: 29.56 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, except 20 miles N-SE and 45 miles WNW, distant haze 6-hr max temp: 31F 6-hr min temp: 25F 6-hr precip: trace 6-hr snowfall: trace BHO SA 1755 E60 OVC 30 011/31/8/3223G44/956/ SUN DMLY VSB VSBY N-SE 20 WNW 45 DSNT HZ PK WND 3247/22/ WND 29V02 WND GRDLY BACKING WNDCHILL 15 TOTAL NEW SNW 6 HRS TRACE 8/01/ 56008 MANUAL 6000/ 10031 20025 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..38    NORMAL…..47 MIN…..17    NORMAL…..30 MEAN….28    NORMAL…..38 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………-10 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………..-102 [-4.3 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..37  DEPARTURE………+10 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….865  DEPARTURE……..+102 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..5456  DEPARTURE……..+125 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……4892  DIFFERENCE…….+564 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………25 SSW  AT 12:37 P.M. AERO…………………..22 SSW  AT 12:37 P.M. * ASOS…………………..24 S    AT 12:55 P.M. DAVIS………………….24 SSW  AT 12:36 P.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..16 SSW  AT 12:12 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..17 SSW  AT  1:30 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….17 SSW  AT 12:12 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………… 8.2 W ASOS………………….8.8 DAVIS…………………7.4 SW  [220 deg.] * last of several occurrences…. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M…Trace  DEPARTURE………….-0.19 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.00  DEPARTURE………….-3.49 ASOS…………..1.01 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….11.09  DEPARTURE………….-1.82 ASOS………….11.55 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.1  DEPARTURE…………..-0.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….2.6  DEPARTURE…………..-8.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..84.4  DEPARTURE………….+26.4 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2014 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system 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 3/1  34/12/23/-8/0.00/0.0/458/68          28 SSW AERO 29 MPH SSW RMY 30 3/2  37/28/33/2/T/T/014/02                22 SW  AERO 22 MPH SW  RMY 29 3/3  28/11/20/-12/0.00/0.0/000/00         29 NNW AERO 30 MPH NNW RMY N/A 3/4  29/6/18/-14/0.00/0.0/444/65          17 SW  AERO 16 MPH SW  RMY 17 3/5  27/16/22/-10/0.02/0.3/000/00         21 NE  AERO 20 MPH N   RMY 23 3/6  26/7/17/-15/0.00/0.0/689/100         23 NNW AERO 23 MPH NNW RMY N/A 3/7  35/16/26/-7/0.00/0.0/449/65          18 SE  AERO 17 MPH SE  RMY 18 3/8  52/27/40/+7/0.00/0.0/673/97          26 NW  AERO 29 MPH NNW RMY 27 3/9  40/25/33/0/0.00/0.0/669/96           28 NW  AERO 29 MPH NW  RMY 29 3/10 42/26/34/+1/0.03/0.8/196/28          21 S   AERO 22 MPH S   RMY 27 3/11 56/34/45/+11/0.00/0.0/450/64         33 W   AERO 33 MPH W   RMY 34 3/12 53/34/44/+10/0.50/T/120/17           29 NNW AERO 30 MPH NNW RMY 30 3/13 33/12/23/-11/0.14/1.4/007/01         43 NW  AERO 45 MPH NW  RMY 45 3/14 37/10/24/-11/0.00/0.0/498/70         39 SSW AERO 41 MPH SSW RMY 42 3/15 54/35/45/+10/0.01/0.0/450/63         50 WNW AERO 58 MPH WNW RMY 54 3/16 34/21/28/-7/0.00/0.0/509/71          36 W   AERO 36 MPH WNW RMY 37 3/17 30/13/22/-14/0.00/0.0/562/78         25 N   AERO 26 MPH N   RMY 19 3/18 35/16/26/-10/0.00/0.0/701/97         18 ENE AERO 16 MPH ENE RMY 18 3/19 44/23/34/-2/T/0.0/428/59             24 E   AERO 23 MPH E   RMY 26 3/20 51/35/43/+6/0.30/0.0/190/26          36 W   AERO 37 MPH W   RMY 39 3/21 42/29/36/-1/0.00/0.0/242/33          40 W   AERO 41 MPH W   RMY 42 3/22 55/26/41/+4/T/0.0/404/55             52 WNW AERO 52 MPH WNW RMY 53 3/23 43/20/32/-6/0.00/0.0/…/..          32 NNW AERO 32 MPH NNW RMY N/A 3/24 32/13/23/-15/0.00/0.0/…/..         37 N   AERO 36 MPH N   RMY 36 3/25 38/17/28/-10/0.00/0.0/…/..         25 SSW AERO 22 MPH SSW RMY N/A 3/26 morning low temp: 25F; the normal low is now 30F DAILY RECORDS FOR MARCH 2014 None so far. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 26 HIGH 76 IN 1922, 1949 LOW 6 IN 1960 PRECIP 1.99 INS. IN 1988 SNOWFALL 5.4 INS. IN 2001 PEAK GUST 63 MPH S IN 1970 RECORDS FOR MARCH 27 HIGH 78 IN 1998 LOW 12 IN 1975 PRECIP 1.05 INS. IN 1913 SNOWFALL 6.6 INS. IN 1959 PEAK GUST 62 MPH NW IN 1965, SE IN 1992 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
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