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August 16, 2014

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

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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, AUGUST 16, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME BEAUTIFUL MID-AUGUST WEATHER WITH FILTERED SUNSHINE LOW HUMIDITY AND COOL TEMPERATURES…. The sky has been partly cloudy all day with the sun shining through very high cirrus fibratus and cirrostratus. A few low cumulus have formed as of early afternoon.  The high temperature has only reached the middle 70s as of the 1 PM EST observation with a dew point in the low 50s.  Visibility has been very good today reaching 75 miles this afternoon. The wind from the WSW-SW has been a little stronger than yesterday with a peak gust to 24 mph at 12:32 PM EST. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered dense cirrus, thin broken cirrus fibratus Temperature: 60F; Dew Point: 52F; Wind: WSW at 10 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.99 ins. Hg, rising Visibility: 60 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max temp: 60F 6-hr min temp: 56F 24-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1155 200 SCT 250 -BKN 60 156/60/52/2410/999/ LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/001 53011 10060 20056 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered dense cirrus, thin overcast cirrus fibratus, few cumulus all quadrants Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 53F; Wind: SW at 10 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.01 ins. Hg, rising Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze 3-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1455 220 SCT 250 -OVC 70 162/70/53/2210/001/ FEW CU ALQDS LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/101 51006 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, broken cirrus and cirrostratus, overcast cirrus, thin spots in overcast all quadrants Temperature: 74F; Dew Point: 52F; Wind: SW at 10G18 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.97 ins. Hg, falling Visibility: 75 mile 6-hr max. temp: 75F 6-hr min. temp: 60F 6-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 220 BKN 300 OVC 75 150/74/52/2310G18/997/ THN SPTS IOVC ALQDS/ 8/108 58012 10075 20060 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..74    NORMAL…..80 MIN…..56    NORMAL…..62 MEAN….65    NORMAL…..71 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………-21 [-1.6 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..0   DEPARTURE………..-6 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….79   DEPARTURE……….-24 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..416   DEPARTURE……….-38 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……546   DIFFERENCE……..-130 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………23  W   AT  1:27 P.M. ASOS…………………..27  W   AT  1:27 P.M. DAVIS………………….21  W   AT  1:26 P.M. RMY 23 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..27  W   AT  1:01 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..18  W   AT  1:02 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….15  W   AT  1:02 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..9.6 W ASOS…………………..9.0 DAVIS………………….7.6 W  [259 deg.] * last of several occurrences… PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……….-0.13 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST………….1.37  DEPARTURE……….-0.73 ASOS…………..1.35 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….31.00  DEPARTURE……….-2.09 ASOS……………N/A 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/…./009/01              21 ESE RMY 22 8/3  71/60/66/-6/…./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  79/64/72/0/0.06/…/..               23 WNW RMY 25 8/7  79/58/69/-3/T/…/..                 22 NW  RMY 24 TSTM 8/8  82/55/69/-3/0.00/…/..              20 WNW RMY 20 8/9  82/60/71/-1/0.00/…/..              16 WNW RMY 17 8/10 84/63/74/+3/0.00/…/..              15 W   RMY N/A 8/11 85/63/74/+3/0.00/…/..              25 S   RMY 29 8/12 81/64/73/+2/0.00/…/..              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/…/..              27 W   RMY 29 8/15 74/56/65/-6/0.09/…/..              23 W   RMY 23 8/16  morning low of 56F; the normal low is now 62F 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 16 HIGH 95F IN 1944 LOW 50F IN 1927 PRECIP 1.47 INCHES IN 1926 PEAK GUST 45e MPH N IN 1951 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 17 HIGH 97F IN 1944 LOW 48F IN 1902 PRECIP 2.17 INCHES IN 1998 PEAK GUST 50e MPH SSW IN 1952, 50 MPH WNW IN 1962 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Mike Iacono
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