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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, NOVEMBER…

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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, NOVEMBER 14, 2015 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SHOWERS LEAVE A TRACE OF RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE AS COOL TO SEASONABLE TEMPS VISIT THE REGION Rain showers passed through the region yesterday afternoon, leaving just a trace of new precipitation here on top of Great Blue Hill. Showers stopped and started multiple times between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM EST. Gusty winds yesterday that peaked at 40 MPH just after the 1:00 PM EST observation, have continued this morning as well, hitting the 40 MPH mark once again on some anemometers. Skies have been partly to mostly cloudy, with much cooler temperatures. Today may be the first cooler than normal day for the month of November, which has been averaging 8.7 degrees F above normal with nearly half of the month completed. By the 1:00 PM EST observation, clouds cover nearly all of the sky and upper level Cirrostratus clouds had begun to move in from the West.  These clouds were obscured by the Broken cloud deck of Stratocumulus clouds.  Temperatures had begun to fall back into the lower 40’s.  Conditions remained very dry with strong winds gusting around 40 mph. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cumulus/stratocumulus in all directions, showers distant WNW-NNW Temperature: 39F; Dew Point: 29F; Wind: W at 14 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.77 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly Visibility: 80 miles, except 50 miles WNW-NNW, showers 6-hr Max temp: 40F 6-hr Min temp: 37F 24-hr precip: Trace BHO SA 1155 CLR 80 081/39/29/2614/977/ VSBY WNW-NNW 50 MI SHWRS DSNT WNW-NNW FEW CU/SC ALQDS/ 8/800 53021 10040 20037 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered Stratocumulus, Few Cumulus in all directions Temperature: 43F; Dew Point 26F; Wind: WSW at 15G27 kts, Peak Wind: 27 kts WSW @ 9:55 AM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.85 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly Visibility: 75 miles BHO SA 1455 45 SCT 75 111/43/26/3015G27/985  FEW CU ALQDS 8/800 51030 1 P.M. Weather: Broken Stratocumulus, Few Cumulus, Few Cirrostratus obscured by lower clouds Temperature: 41F; Dew Point 21F; Wind: W at 19G29 kts Peak Wind: 35 kts W @ 11:20 PM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.83 ins. Hg, rising, then rising slower Visibility: 75 miles 6-hr max. temp. 43F 6-hr min. temp. 39F BHO SA 1755 E55 BKN 75 104/41/21/3019G29/983/ FEW CU ALQDS FEW CS W 8/806 51023 10043 20039 SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..57   NORMAL…..51 MIN…..41   NORMAL…..34 MEAN….49   NORMAL…..43 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL………………….+6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………..+116  [+8.7 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..16   DEPARTURE……….-6 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….151   DEPARTURE……..-115 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………605   DEPARTURE……..-224 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….673   DIFFERENCE……..-68 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….40 WSW AT   9:41 P.M. ASOS……………………45 WSW AT   9:40 P.M. DAVIS…………………..43 W   AT   1:06 P.M. RMY 47 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………33 W   AT   8:17 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………32 W   AT   8:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..29 W   AT   8:18 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..19.1 W ASOS…………………..18.7 DAVIS………………….16.3 W [278 Deg.] * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….TRACE  DEPARTURE…..-0.16 ASOS……………0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH………..0.80  DEPARTURE…..-1.24 ASOS……………0.80 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………..37.63  DEPARTURE…..-8.18 ASOS…………….N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 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 11/1  59/45/52/+6/T/…/..                  30 SSW RMY 31 11/2  62/47/55/+9/0.00/…/..               24 W   RMY N/A 11/3  71/44/58/+12/0.00/…/..              25 W   RMY 25 11/4  66/49/58/+13/0.00/…/..              22 SSW RMY N/A 11/5  72/51/62/+17/0.00/…/..              31 SW  RMY 36 11/6  71/60/66/+21/0.00/…/..              35 SSW RMY 38 11/7  64/46/55/+10/0.00/…/..              33 WNW RMY 35 11/8  54/39/47/+3/0.00/…/..               26 NW  RMY 30 11/9  59/38/49/+5/0.00/…/..               20 W   RMY 21 11/10 53/45/49/+5/…./000/00               28 NE  RMY N/A 11/11 48/43/46/+3/…./000/00               41 NE  RMY N/A 11/12 55/42/49/+6/…./000/00               28 S   RMY 30 11/13 57/41/49/+6/…./…/..               40 WSW RMY 47 11/14 low since midnight is 37F; normal low is now 34F DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2015 **11/6 DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959 **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58F SET IN 1938 **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F TIES PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 60F SET ON 11/8/1996 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 14 HIGH 70 IN 1993 LOW 11 IN 1905 PRECIP 2.08 INCHES IN 2009 SNOWFALL 3.5 IN 1997, 2014 PEAK GUST 63 W IN 2003 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 15 HIGH 74 IN 1993 LOW 15 IN 1933 PRECIP 1.66 INCHES IN 1981 SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1967 PEAK GUST 65 SSE IN 2008 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald/Robert Millette
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