BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION...11 A.M. Today will mark the 6th consecutive day with much above normal temps. The monthly departure is now approaching + 2 degrees daily. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 9/27/2004 MON 8 a.m. scattered cirrus with 50 miles visibility but 80 w-nw and only 20 ene-ssw with patches ground fog some dense; temp. 61; dewpoint 44; wind n 07 mph; six hourly min. temp. 57 deg. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 50 224/61/44/0106/191/ DENSE CI S-SW PTCHES THN GF/ FEW DENSE PTCHS SLWLY DSSPTNG ALQDS THN K LYR ALG HRZN S-SSW VSBY W-NW 80 ENE-SSW 20/ 8/002 51010 10061 20057 11 a.m. scattered cirrus clouds with 40 miles visibility; temp. 70; dewpoint 53; wnd se at 07 mph... BHO SA 1455 300 -SCT 40 226/70/53/1406/020/ FEW AC DSNT SW-WSW PTCHS DENSE CI WSW-WNW CC ALQDS K LYR ALG HRZN W-NE DRK K LYR NNW-N VSBY N-E 30 W-NW 60/ 51002 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.... 75 NORMAL.....68 HAZEN SHELTER 75.3 @ 2:15 P.M. MIN.....59 NORMAL.....50 HAZEN SHELTER 58.5 @ 11:59 P.M. ** MEAN....67 NORMAL.....59 ** eastern standard time DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 8 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 41 (+1.4 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........22 NNW AT 9:49 A.M. AEROVANE.........25 NNW AT 9:49 A.M. ASOS.............21 NNW AT 9:50 A.M. DAVIS............22 NW AT 9:56 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........14 NNW AT 9:52 A.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...16 NW AT 9:53 A.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...18 NNW AT 9:57 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 8.8 NW ASOS........... 8.7 WNW / 300 deg. DAVIS.......... 9.3 WNW / 300 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.14 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.86 DEPARTURE....+1.29 ASOS..............4.88 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........38.41 DEPARTURE....+1.37 ASOS.............36.76 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 9/1 78/60/69/+2/0/763/97 21 MPH WNW 9/2 72/56/64/-2/0/722/92 23 MPH S 9/3 79/57/68/+2/0/743/95 25 MPH SSW 9/4 82/58/70/+4/0/553/71 29 MPH ENE Aero 30 MPH ENE 9/5 67/52/60/-5/0/513/66 25 MPH ENE 9/6 72/51/62/-3/0/720/93 18 MPH SSE LABOR DAY 9/7 80/58/69/+4/0/424/55 24 MPH SSE 9/8 74/63/69/+4/0.79/008/01 23 MPH NE 9/9 80/63/72/+8/0.75/115/15 45 MPH S Aero 51 MPH S Remnants of Frances 9/10 74/56/65/+1/T/610/80 36 MPH WNW Aero 40 MPH NW 9/11 69/55/62/-2/0/456/60 18 MPH NE 9/12 76/53/65/+2/0/719/95 18 MPH SW 9/13 76/57/67/+4/0/513/68 18 MPH NNW 9/14 64/52/58/-5/0/699/93 18 MPH SSE 9/15 69/51/60/-2/0.01/367/49 20 MPH S 9/16 70/60/65/+3/0.09/000/00 20 MPH SSW 9/17 78/65/72/+10/0/134/18 23 MPH SSW 9/18 67/53/59/-2/3.22/000/00 46 MPH NE Aero 48 MPH NE Remnants of Ivan 9/19 59/43/51/-10/0/685/93 37 MPH NNW Aero 40 MPH NNW 9/20 67/43/55/-6/0/690/94 23 MPH NNW 9/21 68/53/61/+1/0/344/47 20 MPH S 9/22 78/57/68/+8/0/678/93 25 MPH NNW Aero 29 MPH NNW 9/23 73/58/66/+6/0/.../.. 27 MPH ENE 9/24 72/55/64/+5/0/.../.. 18 MPH SSW Aero 21 MPH SSW 9/25 76/54/65/=6/0/.../.. 9/26 75/59/67/+8/0/.../.. 22 MPH NNW 9/27 Morning low 57 degrees.. OUR DAILY EXTREMES.... Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 27 HIGH 84F IN 1998 LOW 32F IN 1947 PRECIP 2.26 INCHES IN 1962 PEAK GUST 100 MPH SSE IN 1985 (HURRICANE GLORIA) RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 28 HIGH 82F IN 1959 LOW 33F IN 1897,1947 PRECIP 1.53 INCHES IN 1956 PEAK GUST 69 MPH NE IN 1962 Today's report: Robert Skilling