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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

Today's discussion....

Temperatures are once again very mild  for early November
with a high of 60 and low of 45 through 1 p.m.  The month is
averaging  8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL with a total
departure of +57 degrees through the first week of the month.

Visibility has increased to 60 to 70 miles...

Today's observations:

7 A.M.

broken clouds with 50 miles visibility;
temp. 46; dewpoint 32; wind SW 15 MPH;
six hourly min. temp. 45 deg...

BHO SA 1155 E100 BKN 50 156/46/32/2213/999/ 8/030 56004 10047 20045

10 A.M.

scattered clouds; the visibility 45 miles;
temp. 56; dewpoint 37; wind west at 14 mph;

BHO SA 1455 200 SCT 220 -SCT 250 -SCT 45 157/56/37/2612/999/
FEW CU/SC FRMG DSNT WNW-N AC/FEW ACSL DSNT WNW-NW DENSE CI SE-SW/
8/442 51001

1 P.M.

broken dense high clouds with few stratocumulus;
visibility 60 miles; 70 miles northwest; temp. 57; dewpoint 37;
wind west at 23 gusting 32 mph; 6 hourly max. temp. 60 deg.

BHO SA 1755 E200 BKN 60 145/57/37/2620G28/996/ FEW CU/SC CUFRM TOPS
DENSE CI XCPT NW-NE VSBY NW 70 PK WND 2729/01/ 8/402 56012
10060 20046

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....57   NORMAL.....52 HAZEN 57.2 @ 1:00 P.M.
MIN.....45   NORMAL.....37 HAZEN 45.0 @ 10:27 P.M.
MEAN....51   NORMAL.....45

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 6
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+57 (+7.9 DEGREES/DAY)

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........47   W AT  1:17 P.M.
                   AEROVANE..........48   W AT  1:17 P.M.
                   ASOS..............46   W AT  1:17 P.M.
                   DAVIS.............46 WSW AT 12:44 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........36   W AT  2:50 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........36   W AT  2:50 P.M.
MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS WIND AVERAGE..36   W AT  2:50 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION....18.9 WSW
                   ASOS.............17.9 WSW [250 deg]
                   DAVIS...........18.8  WSW [255 deg]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M... 0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.15
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH......... 0.26   DEPARTURE....-0.79
                         ASOS..............0.24
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........57.88   DEPARTURE...+14.96
                         ASOS.............56.79*
*EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28.

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0   DEPARTURE....-0.1
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.0   DEPARTURE....-0.4
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............1.5   DEPARTURE....+1.0

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST

AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available

11/1 70/48/59/+12/0/0/446/72     39 MPH S   Aero 40 MPH S
11/2 56/39/48/+2/T/0/.../..      37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW
11/3 62/36/49/+3/0/0/.../..      50 MPH S   Aero 52 MPH S
11/4 69/46/58/+12/0/0/.../..     29 MPH SSE Aero 30 MPH SSE
11/5 71/47/59/+14/0/0/.../..         18 MPH S
11/6 57/49/53/+8/0.25/0/000/00   31 MPH SSW Aero 36 MPH SSW
11/7 57/45/51/+6/0.01/0/.../..   47 MPH W   Aero 48 MPH W

11/8 morning low temp. 45 deg; normal low now 37 deg.

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

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 8
HIGH 72 IN 1938
LOW 20 IN 1921
PRECIP 2.24 INCHES IN 1972
SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1894
PEAK GUST 72e SE IN 1947

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 9
HIGH 72 IN 1975
LOW 17 IN 1971
PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1969
SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1921,1923
PEAK GUST 73e S IN 1943

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling