BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2004

HIGH WINDS THE BIG STORY FOR TODAY...

Winds have been increasing all morning into this afternoon with many
gusts between 55-60mph occurring over the past 3 hours. The official
peak gust so far today is 69 MPH W at 10:36am as recorded on our 420C
wind system. This gust breaks the record peak gust for the day which
stood at an estimated 63 MPH S in 1950 and 1983.

Here is a list of peak gusts per our various wind systems here...

Maestro........... 77 MPH
Merlin............ 71 MPH W
Aerovane.......... 69 MPH W
420C Gust Rec'r... 69 MPH W (official reading)
ASOS.............. 63 MPH W
AWS............... 63 MPH W
Davis Instruments. 62 MPH W

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

7 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 35 SCT 100 SCT 60 930/44/38/2519G30/932/ MDT CU DSNT
WSW-NNW FEW ACC NW-N PK WND 2533/13/ 8/580 53020 70086 10047 20044

10 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 E35 BKN 60 940/47/28/2633G45/935/ MDT CU DSNT W-NW SNW
VIRGA DSNT W-WNW PK WND 2645/53/ 8/500 51010

1 P.M.
BHO SA 1755 E35 BKN 70 957/48/26/2728G40/940/ MDT CU DSNT SW-NW-N
SNW VIRGA DSNT WSW-NW-N PK WND 2755/16/ 8/500 53017 6000/ 10049 20044


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 04:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.... 46    NORMAL.....54
MIN.....30    NORMAL.....38
MEAN....38    NORMAL.....46

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 8
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....- 12

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........32 ESE AT   8:37 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........32 ESE AT   8:37 P.M.
                   ASOS.............29 SE  AT   8:48 P.M.
                   DAVIS............29 SE  AT   8:48 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........23 SE  AT   8:27 P.M.
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...21 SE  AT   8:48 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...24 ESE AT   8:37 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..  10.4 NW
                   ASOS...........  11.0 WNW   300 deg.
                   DAVIS..........  10.9 SE  / 120 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.86   DEPARTURE....+0.71
                         ASOS..............0.86
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER ..........0.99   DEPARTURE....+0.39
                         ASOS..............0.99
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........45.80   DEPARTURE....+3.18
                         ASOS.............44.14


PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST
... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE

11/1  57/39/48/+1/0/0/594/96       35 W   Aero 38 MPH W
11/2  52/36/44/-2/T/0/086/14       27 S
11/3  52/33/43/-3/0.13/0/461/75    50 WNW Aero 55 MPH WNW
11/4  46/30/38/-8/0.85/0/.../..    32 ESE Aero 32 MPH ESE
11/5 Morning low 44 degrees...


OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 5
HIGH 76 IN 1994
LOW 18 IN 1908
PRECIP 4.26 INCHES IN 1955
SNOWFALL 1.5 IN 1892
PEAK GUST 63e S IN 1950 / S IN 1983

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 6
HIGH 71 IN 1959
LOW 22 IN 1951
PRECIP 1.72 INCHES IN 1907
SNOWFALL 8.0 IN 1894
PEAK GUST 63 W IN 1973

Today's report by: Matt Douglas