Friday, February 14, 2014
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION, STRONG WINDS AND
VERY LOW PRESSURE OBSERVED AS NOR’EASTER
DEPARTS THE REGION.
Snow which fell at rates of 2 inches or more per hour
yesterday afternoon added to a total liquid equivalent
of 2.04 inches that fell between 7:00 AM yesterday
and 7:00 AM today.
Barometric pressure fell rapidly and steadily throughout
the day yesterday and this morning, reaching a remarkably
low 28.14 inches of mercury at our station, or 28.84
inches of mercury when reduced to sea level. This
reading marks the lowest pressure of the year without
question, and possibly the lowest in several years.
Further review of our records will clarify this soon.
Peak Gust as of 1:00 PM today: 48 MPH W @ 09:56 AM, 12:48 PM
Storm Totals (preliminary results):
Total Snow: 5.4 inches
Total Liquid: 2.05 inches
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Light snow and fog
Temperature: 32F; Dew Point: 31F; Wind: NW at 14G19 kts,
Sea-level pressure: 28.85 ins. Hg, decreasing, then increasing,
and higher than 3 hours ago
Visibility: 1/2 of a mile, reduced by snow and fog
6-hr min temp: 31F
24-hr snowfall: 5.1 inches
24-hr precip: 2.04
Snow depth: 13 inches
BHO SA 1155 W4 OVC 1/2S-F 770/32/31/3114G19/885/
NEW SNW PST 18 HRS 2.6 INS SNW STORM TOTAL 5.2 INS/
8//// 4/013 53001 ASOS 60013 70206 MANUAL 70204 10032 20031
10 A.M.
Weather: Light snow and fog, partially obscuring the sky,
broken stratus fractus, overcast cirrostratus with breaks.
Temperature: 27F Dew Point: 26F; Wind: W at 20G42 kts,
Peak Wind: 42 kts W @ 09:56 AM
Sea-level pressure: 29.01 ins. Hg, increasing, then more rapidly
Visibility: 1/2 of a mile, reduced by light snow and fog,
40 miles visibility from S-W
3-hr snowfall: 0.2 inches
BHO SA 1455 –X E5 BKN 16 BKN 100 OVC 1/2S-F 823/27/26/2820G42/901/
VSBY S-W 40 MI BINOVC NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 0.2 INS PRESRR PK WND 2842/56/
8/708 53053
1 P.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus, broken cirrus fibratus
Temperature: 30F; Dew Point: 23F; Wind: W at 25G42 kts,
Peak Wind: 42 kts W @ 12:48 PM
Sea-level pressure: 29.17 ins. Hg, rising, then rapidly
Visibility: 50 miles, 35 miles WNW-E
6-hr max. temp: 32F
6-hr min. temp: 26F
6-hr snowfall: 0.2 inches
6-hr precip: 0.01 inches
BHO SA 1755 E32 BKN 200 BKN 50 878/30/23/2725G42/917/
VSBY WNW-E 35 MI SNW STORM TOTAL 5.4 INS PRESRR PK WND 2742/48/
8/501 53055 ASOS 60001 MANUAL 60001 10032 20026
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..33 NORMAL…..36
MIN…..19 NORMAL…..19
MEAN….26 NORMAL…..28
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………-21 [-1.8 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..39 DEPARTURE……….+2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….520 DEPARTURE………+20
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..4037 DEPARTURE……….+6
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……3631 DIFFERENCE…….+406
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………46 NE AT 3:17 P.M.
AERO…………………..51 NE AT 3:17 P.M.
ASOS…………………..50 NNE AT 3:17 P.M.
DAVIS………………….45 NNE AT 3:41 P.M. RMY 51
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..32 NNE AT 4:10 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..32 NNE AT 4:10 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….31 NNE AT 6:39 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….19.6 NNE
ASOS………………….19.4
DAVIS………………….17.6 NE [52 deg.]
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….2.04 DEPARTURE………….+1.89
ASOS…………..2.06
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….3.75 DEPARTURE………….+1.97
ASOS…………..3.83
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………..8.37 DEPARTURE………….+2.24
ASOS…………..8.76
SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….5.1 DEPARTURE…………..+4.6
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH……………20.1 DEPARTURE………….+13.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..68.9 DEPARTURE………….+29.4
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 added 8/9/2011
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
….: Data not yet available, records not finalized
2/1 45/30/38/+12/0.00/0.0/402/67 24 S AERO 23 MPH S RMY 25
2/2 53/33/43/+17/0.00/0.0/181/30 22 S AERO 21 MPH WNW RMY 21
2/3 36/22/29/+3/0.32/2.8/000/00 22 NNE AERO 18 MPH NNE RMY 21
2/4 33/18/26/0/0.00/0.0/…/.. 20 NW AERO 16 MPH NW RMY 17
2/5 31/21/26/0/…./…/000/00 32 ENE AERO 30 MPH ENE RMY 30
2/6 26/15/21/-5/…./…/…/.. 22 WNW AERO 21 MPH WNW RMY 22
2/7 29/13/21/-6/0.00/0.0/…/.. 25 W AERO 23 MPH W RMY 27
2/8 28/12/20/-7/0.00/0.0/…/.. 24 W AERO 23 MPH W RMY 23
2/9 28/19/24/-3/0.05/1.0/…/.. 21 N AERO 17 MPH N RMY 19
2/10 27/14/21/-6/0.00/0.0/…/.. 28 NW AERO 28 MPH NW RMY 30
2/11 24/8/16/-11/0.00/0.0/…/.. 22 WNW AERO 20 MPH WNW RMY 25
2/12 25/2/14/-13/0.00/0.0/…/.. 25 NNW AERO 23 MPH NW RMY 21
2/13 33/19/26/-2/…./…/000/00 46 NE AERO 51 MPH NE RMY 51
2/14 morning low temp: 31F; the normal low is now 19F
DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2014
None so far.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 14
HIGH 56F IN 1949
LOW -8F IN 1979
PRECIP 2.09 INCHES IN 2007
SNOWFALL 11.0 INCHES IN 1914
PEAK GUST 83 MPH SSW IN 2000
RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 15
HIGH 60F IN 1954
LOW -18F IN 1943
PRECIP 1.28 INCHES IN 1950
SNOWFALL 11.2 INCHES IN 1940
PEAK GUST 94e MPH WNW IN 1946
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
