BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Today's discussion.... Today will mark the first day since October 29 to average colder than normal. So far, this month is averaging 8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. High clouds are increasing and thickening and northwest winds of early this morning have veered to southeast with high temperatures reaching only the upper 40's. Today's observations: 7 A.M. high thin overcast with breaks northeast thru southeast (distant) visibility 60 miles; temp. 35; dewpoint 21; wind north at 10 mph; six hourly min. temp. 34 deg; BHO SA 1155 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 60 246/35/21/3609/026/ BINOVC/CLR SKY BND DSNT NE-SE/ 8/006 53009 10041 20034 10 A.M. high thin overcast with clear sky visible distant north-east-southeast; visibility 60 miles; 70 miles northwest; temp. 42; dewpoint 29; wind ENE at 12 MPH; partial solar halo visible BHO SA 1455 250 -OVC 60 240/42/29/0610/024/ AC DSNT SW-W FEW ACSL DSNT WNW-NW BINOVC/CLR SKY BND DSNT N-ESE PARTIAL HALO/ 8/047 58006 1 P.M. high dense overcast with visibility 60 miles xcpt 45 miles sw-nw; temp. 47; dewpoint 32; wind SE 13 MPH; six hourly max. temp. 47 deg. BHO SA 1755 E200 OVC 60 207/47/32/1411/014/ SC DSNT N-ENE AC/FEW ACSL ALQDS AC LYR S-W-NW INCRSNG PARTIAL HALO/ 8/557 58033 10047 20035 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....60 NORMAL.....52 HAZEN 60.2 @ 11:37 A.M. MIN.....42 NORMAL.....37 HAZEN 42.0 @ 11:59 P.M. MEAN....51 NORMAL.....44 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 7 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+64 (+7.8 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........35 W AT 12:01 P.M. AEROVANE..........36 W AT 12:01 P.M. ASOS..............32 W AT 12:00 NOON DAVIS.............34 W AT 11:55 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........26 W AT 12:01 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........25 W AT 12:01 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.......27 W AT 12:00 NOON AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION....13.8 W ASOS.............13.4 WSW [240 deg] DAVIS........... 13.9 W [270 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....-0.94 ASOS..............0.24 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........57.88 DEPARTURE...+14.81 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....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............1.5 DEPARTURE....+0.9 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/0/543/88 37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 11/3 62/36/49/+3/0/0/449/73 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/+14/0/0/268/44 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/+6/0.01/0/430/71 47 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/8 60/42/51/+7/0/0/.../.. 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH W 11/9 morning low temp. 34; normal now 36 deg. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): 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 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 20 IN 2004 PRECIP 2.11 INCHES IN 1888 SNOWFALL 2.2 IN 1987 PEAK GUST 83e S IN 1942 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling