BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2005

TODAY'S DISCUSSION....11 A.M.

UNDERCAST CONDITION THIS MORNING....
TEMPERATURE CONTINUES ON WARM SIDE TO BEGIN OCTOBER

An undercast condition existed early this morning with clear sky
observed overhead and a layer of stratus topping out about three
hundred feet below the summit. This made for quite the interesting
8 a.m. observation. (see below)

Temperatures to begin October are running well above the normals
by an average of about 5 degrees for the first two days.


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

8 A.M.

clear with undercast of stratus clouds estimated top 3 hundred feet
with hill summits to ene and e visible and the edge of the undercast
later about 4 miles to the wsw-nw and visibility prevailing at
5 miles in fog and only 1 mile southeast in fog.
Temp. 61; dewpoint 58; wind calm; six hourly min. temp. 56 deg.

BHO SA 1155 CLR 5F 311/61/58/0000/045/ COMPLETE UNDRCST ESTMTD TOP 3 HND BLO SMT
HILL SMTS VSB ENE-E AND SFC VSBL 5 MI+ WSW-N ESTMTD TOP OF INVSN 6 HND OVR CTY N
VSBY SE 1/ 53009 10061 20056

11 A.M.

clear with 15 miles visibility and dark smoke layer sw-n and thin smoke
layer to the northeast; temp. 66; dewpoint 56; wind south at 08 mph...


BHO SA 1455 CLR 15 318/66/56/1807/047/ SC/CU DSNT SE-SSW DRK K LYR XTDNG ALG HRZNS SW-N
AND THN K LYR NE-E VSBY SW-N 12 NNE-SSW 15/ 8/800 51007

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 2:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX......75   NORMAL.....65 HAZEN 74.8 @ 3:10 P.M.
MIN......52   NORMAL.....47 HAZEN 52.0 @ 6:09 A.M.
MEAN.....64   NORMAL.....56

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+  8
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 11   ~ 5 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 23 SSW AT 2:20 A.M.
                   AEROVANE..............................26 SSW AT 2:20 A.M.
                   ASOS...................................... 21 SSW AT 2:20 A.M.
                   DAVIS...................................... 22 SSW AT 2:20 A.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................17 SSW  AT  1:04 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..........16 SSW  AT  2:29 A.M.
MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........19 SSW  N/A


AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... ....  8.5  SW
ASOS.............................................................   8.9  SW  [220 deg ]
DAVIS.............................................................   8.6 SW  [220 deg ]


PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE......-0.14
                        ASOS.............. 0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SEPT...............0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.28
                        ASOS...............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........  42.90   DEPARTURE....+5.17
                        ASOS..............41.67

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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

10/1   70/49/60/+3/0/.../..     21 MPH S
10/2   75/52/65/+8/0/.../..     23 MPH SSW

10/3   morning low temp. 56 deg.

DAILY EXTREMES

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

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 3
HIGH 82F IN 1922
LOW 28F IN 1899
PRECIP 1.76 INCHES IN 1979
PEAK GUST 62 MPH WNW IN 1964

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 4
HIGH 83F IN 1998, 1959
LOW 28F IN 1888
PRECIP 1.07 INCHES IN 1986
PEAK GUST 59 MPH SSW IN 1990

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling