Friday, August 22, 2014
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUDINESS TODAY AFTER SOME
EARLY MORNING FOG–TEMPS. REMAIN MUCH COOLER TODAY
LIGHT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TODAY
WIND QUITE LIGHT AND MOSTLY NE-ENE TODAY
Early morning fog has given way to a mostly cloudy sky today with
low cloudiness and damp conditions as dew points along with
temperature remain in 60’s.
Several mostly very light rain showers overnight into early
this morning left little precipitation. One briefly moderate
moderate shower left 0.07 inch in less than 10 minutes
shortly after 2 A.M. EDT
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Overcast stratus, thin fog, light rain shower began 6:00 A.M. EST
and ended 6:05 A.M. EST, precipitation very light
Temperature: 62F; Dew Point: 61F; Wind: NE at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.10 ins. Hg, rising steadily
Visibility: 6 miles, fog, except 9 miles N-NE, thin fog
6-hr max temp: 62F
6-hr min temp: 60F
24-hr precip: 0.07 in.
BHO SA 1155 E4 OVC 6F 192/62/61/0408/010 VSBY N-NE 9
THN F ALQDS RB00E05/ 8/6// 51004 ASOS 60006 MANUAL 6007/
ASOS 70006 MANUAL 70007 10062 20060
10 A.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus and few stratus fractus clouds,
overcast altocumulus, numerous breaks overhead thru S-W,
ceiling is ragged
Temperature: 69F; Dew Point: 64F; Wind: NE at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.10 ins. Hg, about steady
Visibility: 20 miles, except 15 miles, NE-E, thin fog,
mountain in cloud 20 miles WNW
BHO SA 1455 E15 BKN 130 OVC 20 193/69/64/0408/010/ OVC V BKN
FEW LWR STFRA SC/MDT CUFRM TOPS S-W NMRS BINOVC OVHD-S-W CIG RGD
VSBY NE-E 15 THN F MTN INCLD 20 WNW THN F HAZY/ 8/530 53001
1 P.M.
Weather: Scattered cumulus fractus/stratocumulus with moderate
cumuloform tops, overcast stratocumulus, bright spots in the
overcast
Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 62F; Wind: ENE at 9 kts,
Wind: Variable NNE-ESE
Sea-level pressure: 30.11 ins. Hg, rising slightly
Visibility: 35 miles, distant haze
6-hr max. temp: 69F
6-hr min. temp: 62F
BHO SA 1755 10 SCT E15 BKN 34 OVC 35 196/68/62/0609/011/ SC/MDT CUFRM
TOPS BRGHT SPTS IOVC DSNT HZ WND 03V11/ 8/8// 53003 10069 20062
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..76 NORMAL…..79
MIN…..58 NORMAL…..61
MEAN….67 NORMAL…..70
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-3
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………-41 [-2.2 DEGREES/DAY]
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..2 DEPARTURE………..-4
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….92 DEPARTURE……….-46
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..429 DEPARTURE……….-60
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……583 DIFFERENCE……..-154
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………16 ENE AT 3:11 P.M. *
ASOS…………………..18 ENE AT 3:11 P.M.
DAVIS………………….16 NE AT 2:59 P.M. RMY 17
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..12 ENE AT 3:13 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..13 ENE AT 3:17 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….12 NE AT 1:48 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..6.5 E
ASOS…………………..7.1
DAVIS………………….6.1 ENE [070 deg.]
* last of several occurrences….
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.07 DEPARTURE……….-0.06
ASOS…………..0.06
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST………….1.45 DEPARTURE……….-1.43
ASOS…………..1.41
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….31.08 DEPARTURE……….-2.79
ASOS………….31.32
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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
8/1 86/63/75/+3/0.00/598/69 25 S RMY 29
8/2 68/59/64/-8/0.11/009/01 21 ESE RMY 22
8/3 71/60/66/-6/0.01/104/12 12 SE RMY 12
8/4 83/64/74/+2/0.00/550/64 20 S RMY 21
8/5 87/66/77/+5/0.00/798/93 17 S RMY 19
8/6 79/64/72/0/0.07/462/54 23 WNW RMY 25
8/7 79/58/69/-3/T/589/69 22 NW RMY 24 TSTM
8/8 82/55/69/-3/0.00/817/96 20 WNW RMY 20
8/9 82/60/71/-1/0.00/730/86 16 WNW RMY 17
8/10 84/63/74/+3/0.00/770/91 15 W RMY N/A
8/11 85/63/74/+3/0.00/667/79 25 S RMY 29
8/12 81/64/73/+2/0.00/387/46 25 SSE RMY N/A
8/13 69/61/65/-6/1.09/000/00 35 ESE RMY 37
8/14 73/57/65/-6/0.00/828/99 27 W RMY 29
8/15 74/56/65/-6/0.09/…/.. 23 W RMY 23 TSTM
8/16 76/56/66/-5/…./…/.. 24 SW RMY 27
8/17 78/60/69/-2/…./…/.. 21 WNW RMY 23
8/18 77/56/67/-4/0.00/…/.. 23 WNW RMY 25
8/19 78/54/66/-4/0.00/…/.. 17 WNW RMY 17
8/20 78/58/68/-2/0.00/.,./.. 15 NE RMY 15
8/21 76/58/67/-3/T/…/.. 16 ENE RMY 17
8/22 morning low of 60F; the normal low is now 61F
DAILY RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2014:
None so far.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR AUGUST 22
HIGH 90F IN 1939
LOW 42F IN 1894
PRECIP 2.28 INCHES IN 1935
PEAK GUST 44 MPH SSW IN 1987
RECORDS FOR AUGUST 23
HIGH 88F IN 1918, 1947, 1949, 1996
LOW 45F IN 1923
PRECIP 2.09 INCHES IN 2010
PEAK GUST 60e MPH NW IN 1940
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
