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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 06, 2004

HIGH WINDS YESTERDAY THE BIG STORY..NEW RECORD WIND GUST FOR THE DAY...

The official peak gust for yesterday topped out at 69 MPH W at 10:36am
as was recorded on our official NWS 420C wind system. This broke the
record peak gust for the day which stood at 63 MPH S in 1950 and 1983.

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

Maestro........... 78 MPH
Merlin............ 71 MPH W
Aerovane.......... 69 MPH W
420C Gust Rec'r... 69 MPH W (official reading)
ASOS.............. 63 MPH WSW (250 degrees)
AWS............... 63 MPH W
Davis Instruments. 62 MPH W


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

7 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 E65 BKN 150 BKN 250 -BKN 60 077/39/28/2015/976/ FEW LWR SC
DSNT E-SE ACSL ALQDS/ 8/541 50000 10040 20038

10 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 E150 BKN 250 -BKN 35 067/48/30/2116G26/973/ PK WND 2130/26/
HAZY/ 8/061 58010


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 05:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....50    NORMAL.....53
MIN.....39    NORMAL.....37
MEAN....45    NORMAL.....45

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....  0
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....- 12

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........69 W   AT  10:36 A.M.
                   AEROVANE.........69 W   AT  10:36 A.M.
                   ASOS.............63 WSW AT  10:36 A.M.
                   DAVIS............62 W   AT  10:36 A.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........57 W   AT   1:36 P.M.
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...47 WSW AT   3:02 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...50 W   AT   1:36 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..  26.8 W
                   ASOS...........  26.3 W     260 deg.
                   DAVIS..........  26.1 W   / 280 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....Trace  DEPARTURE....-0.15
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER ..........0.99   DEPARTURE....+0.24
                         ASOS..............0.99
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........45.80   DEPARTURE....+3.03
                         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  50/39/45/0/0.01/0/.../..     69 W   Aero 69 MPH W
11/6 Morning low 38 degrees...


OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

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

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 06
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

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 07
HIGH 75 IN 1938
LOW 21 IN 1930
PRECIP 2.02 INCHES IN 1953
SNOWFALL 1.0 IN 1967
PEAK GUST 69e ENE IN 1953

Today's report by: Matt Douglas