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July 9, 2014

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, 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 WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME VERY WARM BUT DRIER TODAY Temperatures have risen to the middle 80’s but with dew points in the middle 60’s so quite a bit lower than yesterday. Seems to be no threat of showers until this evening or overnight. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, scattered very high thin cirrus, cumulofractus/cumulus all quadrants, thin fog/haze layer along/above and near horizon SW-NW Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 67F; Wind: SW @ 12 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.84 ins. Hg, rising then more rapidly Visibility: 25 miles, hazy 6-hr max temp: 73F 6-hr min temp: 70F 24-hr precip: None BHO SA 1155 150 SCT 300 SCT 25 105/73/67/2312/984/ FEW CUFRA/AC NE-SE RCDNG FEW ACC DSSPTD PST HR FG/HZ LYR ALG/ABV NR HRZN DSNT SW-NW/ 8/131 53024 10073 20070 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, layer NE-SE, patches ACSL, patch dense cirrus distant SSW-SW, few cumulus and cumulus fractus Temperature: 80F; Dew Point: 63F; Wind: W at 9 kts, Wind: Direction variable SSW-W Sea-level pressure: 29.86 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 55 miles, light distant haze BHO SA 1455 150 SCT 55 116/80/63/2609/986/ CUFRA/CU FRMG AC LYR NE-SE PTCHS AC/ACSL PTCH DNS CI DSNT SSW-SW LGT DSNT HZ WND 20V28/ 8/142 51011 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered dense cirrus, two levels, broken cirrus, few altocumulus chaotic, few cumulus and moderate cumulus Temperature: 83F; Dew Point: 64F; Wind: SW at 15 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.86 ins.  Hg, steady Visibility: 50 miles, WNW 55 miles, NE 30 miles,  hazy 6-hr max temp: 85F 6-hr min temp: 73F BHO SA 1755 180 SCT 200 SCT 220 SCT 250 BKN 50 117/83/64/2215/986/ FEW CU/MDT CU FEW AC CHAOTIC DNS CI NE-OVHD-SSW VSBY WNW 55 NE 30 HAZY/ 8/292 53001 10085 20073 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..89    NORMAL…..80 MIN…..70    NORMAL…..63 MEAN….80    NORMAL…..72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+8 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+28 [+3.3 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY………….15   DEPARTURE……….+8 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….75   DEPARTURE………+24 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..184   DEPARTURE……….+4 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……260   DIFFERENCE……..-76 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………31 SW   AT  2:58 P.M. ASOS…………………..36 SW   AT  2:58 P.M. DAVIS………………….38 SSW  AT  2:58 P.M. RMY 38 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..26 SSW  AT  2:57 P.M. * MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..26 SSW  AT  2:55 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….26 SSW  AT  2:52 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………16.2 SW ASOS…………………16.3 DAVIS………………..14.4 SSW [210 deg] * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……….-0.12 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.80  DEPARTURE……….+1.92 ASOS…………..2.80 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….27.35  DEPARTURE……….-0.50 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  morning low of 70F, norm now 63F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 9 HIGH 98F IN 1912 LOW 47F IN 1909 PRECIP 3.74 INS IN 1921 WIND 46 MPH NW IN 1992 RECORDS FOR JULY 10 HIGH 99F IN 1911 LOW 46F IN 1890 PRECIP 1.68 INS IN 1933 WIND 75 MPH W IN 1985 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
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