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

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CONSIDERABLE DENSE HIGH CLOUDINESS WITH DIMMED SUNSHINE TEMPERATURE NOT AS WARM AS PREVIOUS DAYS HUMIDITY LOWER AS DEW POINTS FALL TO THE 50’S A later of dense cirrus clouds was allowing dimmed sunshine today but with light west winds our temperature had climbed to 80 degrees by 2 P.M. EDT.  Humidity is lower than yesterday and much lower than some previous days with dew points falling into the 50’s. Visibility is excellent and up to 60 to 70 miles except to the northeast where its about 30 to 40 miles. Distant haze prevails. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered dense ci, broken dense cirrus, few altocumulus and altocumulus of a chaotic sky, altocumulus layer receding ENE-SE, dense cirrus (2 layers) receding from W-N, line of clearing extending W-N Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 60F; Wind: NW at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.08 ins. Hg,, rising then more rapidly Visibility: 60 miles, except WNW 75 miles, NW 70 miles, and NE 30 miles, distant haze except light haze S-NW 6-hr max temp: 69F 6-hr min temp: 65F 24-hr precip: None BHO SA 1155 200 SCT E220 BKN 60 187/68/60/3108/008/ FEW AC/ACSL CHAOTIC ALQDS AC LYR RCDNG ENE-SE DNS CI LYR XCPT W-N LINE OF CLRG XTDNG W-N VSBY NE 30 HAZY WNW 75 AND NW 70 LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/092 53022 10069 20065 10 A.M. Weather: Broken dense cirrus, broken cirrus with thin spots in the overcast, break in overcast with line of clearing W-NNE Temperature: 75F; Dew Point: 56F; Wind: NW at 8 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.11 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 65 miles, except NW 70, NE 45 , distant haze BHO SA 1455 E220 BKN 250 BKN 65 197/75/56/3208/011/ 250 LYR PTLY THN ALQDS DNS CI ALQDS LINE OF CLRG XTDNG W-NNE VSBY NW 70 NE 45 LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/002 51010 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast of dense cirrus, thin spots in overcast, break in overcast/line of clearing distant WSW-WNW, few small cumulus distant SSE and NNW Temperature: 77F; Dew Point: 58F; Wind: SW at 15 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.11 ins.  Hg, steady Visibility: 65 miles, NW 70 miles, NE 30 miles, hazy, light haz other directions 6-hr max temp: 80F 6-hr min temp; 68F BHO SA 1755 E220 OVC 65 197/77/58/2315/011/ FEW SML CU DSNT SSE AND NNW OVC DNS CI THN SPTS IOVC BINOVC/LINE OF CLRG XTDNG DSNT WSW-NNW VSBY NE 30 HZY NW 70/ 8/102 50000 10080 20068 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..86    NORMAL…..81 MIN…..70    NORMAL…..63 MEAN….78    NORMAL…..72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+34 [+3.6 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY………….13   DEPARTURE……….+6 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….88   DEPARTURE………+31 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..197   DEPARTURE………+11 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……263   DIFFERENCE……..-66 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………28 SSW  AT 12:13 A.M. ASOS…………………..32 SSW  AT 12:13 A.M. DAVIS………………….31 SSW  AT 12:13 A.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..23 SSW  AT 12:38 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..23 SW   AT  3:55 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….23 SSW  AT 12-1  A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………14.1 SW ASOS…………………13.8 DAVIS………………..13.3 SSW [210 deg] * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……….-0.11 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.80  DEPARTURE……….+1.81 ASOS…………..2.80 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….27.35  DEPARTURE……….-0.61 ASOS………….27.66 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2014 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 7/1  85/66/76/+6/0.00/…/..              31 SSW RMY 36 7/2  89/69/79/+9/0.00/…/..              33 SSW RMY 38 7/3  91/68/80/+9/…./…/..              29 W   RMY 30  TSTM 7/4  72/61/67/-4/…./…/..              28 N   RMY N/A TSTM 7/5  77/55/66/-5/…./…/..              36 NW  RMY N/A 7/6  83/61/72/+1/0.00/…/..              29 SW  RMY 33 7/7  85/65/75/+4/T/…/..                 33 SW  RMY 38  TSTM [NO RAIN] 7/8  89/70/80/+8/0.00/…/..              31 SW  RMY 38 7/9  86/70/78/+6/0.00/…/..              28 SSW RNY N/A 7/10 morning low of 65F, norm now 63F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 10 HIGH 99F IN 1911 LOW 46F IN 1890 PRECIP 1.68 INS IN 1933 WIND 75 MPH W IN 1985 RECORDS FOR JULY 11 HIGH 98 IN 1911 LOW 49 IN 1890 PRECIP 1.87 INS IN 1959 WIND 53 MPH NW IN 1988 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
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