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March 11, 2014

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, 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 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A FOGGY START TO THE DAY WITH CLOUDS AND HUMIDITY GENERALLY DECREASING AS TEMPS REACH THE MID 50S. Following yesterday’s half winter and half spring-like day, temperatures remained above freezing through last night reaching 54F by the 1:00 PM observation. Visibility at this morning’s 7:00 AM observation was reduced to 10 miles in all directions due to a layer of fog below the station that was generally lifting and decreasing. The sun struggled to break through some thin overcast for most of the morning until skies began to clear leaving mostly thin cirrus fibratus for sky cover. With a 54F maximum so far for today, this puts us 11 degrees over the normal daily high of 43F for this date. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Fog below the station, broken altostratus, thin overcast of cirrostratus, few altocumulus lenticularis in all directions, breaks in overcast NNE-NE Temperature: 36F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: WSW at 12G18 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.56 ins. Hg, steady, then increasing Visibility: 10 miles, reduced by valley fog 6-hr max temp: 36F 6-hr min temp: 34F 24-hr. precip: 0.01 in. 24-hr. snowfall: 0.1 in. Snow depth: 6 inches BHO SA 1155 E200 BKN 250 –OVC 10 010/36/33/2512G18/956/ FG BLOW STA ALQDS FEW ACSL ALQDS BINOVC NNE-NE NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 0.1 IN/ 8/016 4/006 53012 ASOS 70001 MANUAL 70001 10036 20034 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered altostratus, thin overcast of cirrus fibratus Temperature: 46F Dew Point: 32F; Wind: W at 11 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.59 ins. Hg, increasing, then steady Visibility: 15 miles, except 10 miles NE-NW, light fog BHO SA 1455 200 SCT E250 –OVC 15 019/46/32/2811/959/ LGT FG ALQDS VSBY NE-NW 10 MI/ 8/011 51009 1 P.M. Weather: Broken cirrus fibratus, few altocumulus lenticularis distant N-SSW Temperature: 54F; Dew Point: 42F; Wind: WNW at 15G25 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.56 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, hazy 6-hr max temp: 54F 6-hr min temp: 36F BHO SA 1755 E250 BKN 30 011/54/42/2915G25/956/ FEW ACSL DSNT N-SSW LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/041 56008 10054 20036 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..42    NORMAL…..42 MIN…..26    NORMAL…..25 MEAN….34    NORMAL…..33 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………-56 [-5.8 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..31  DEPARTURE……….-1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….384  DEPARTURE………+56 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..4975  DEPARTURE………+80 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……4423  DIFFERENCE…….+552 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………21 S   AT  11:47 P.M. AERO…………………..22 S   AT  11:58 P.M. ASOS…………………..21 SSE AT  11:47 P.M. DAVIS………………….N/A                  RMY 27 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..15 S   AT  11:47 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..16 SSE AT  11:47 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….N/A AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….8.5 NW ASOS………………….8.4 DAVIS…………………7.6  SW [220 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.01  DEPARTURE………….-0.17 ASOS…………..0.01 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….0.05  DEPARTURE………….-1.70 ASOS…………..0.06 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….10.14  DEPARTURE………….-0.03 ASOS………….10.60 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.1  DEPARTURE…………..-0.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….1.1  DEPARTURE…………..-4.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..82.9  DEPARTURE………….+30.8 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:  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/…/..          18 SE  AERO 17 MPH SE  RMY 18 3/8  52/27/40/+7/0.00/0.0/…/..          26 NW  AERO 29 MPH NNW RMY 27 3/9  40/25/33/0/0.00/0.0/…/..           28 NW  AERO 29 MPH NW  RMY 29 3/10 42/26/34/+1/0.03/0.8/…/..          21 S   AERO 22 MPH S   RMY 27 3/11  morning low temp: 34F; the normal low is now 25F 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 11 HIGH 65 IN 1967 LOW 4 IN 1939, 1960 PRECIP 2.11 INS. IN 1901 SNOWFALL 6.3 INS. IN 1934 PEAK GUST 66e MPH W IN 1980 RECORDS FOR MARCH 12 HIGH 72 IN 2012 LOW 2 IN 1885 PRECIP 2.87 INS. IN 1888 SNOWFALL 9.7 INS. IN 1959 PEAK GUST 66 MPH SE IN 1962 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
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