BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 2005

TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M.

LOW CLOUDS AND FOG FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE MORNING
EARLY MORNING CONDENSATION NOT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
OCTOBER TEMPERATURES NOW AVERAGING 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

Each morning starting on Monday we've had low clouds and fog
and on a couple of mornings there was some very light drizzle.
Several of our rain gages recorded a few hundredths of an inch of
"condensation", not precipitation.

Yesterday was our warmest day to be recorded so far this month,
with a mean temperature of 67 degrees it was 12 degrees warmer
than normal and thus the first eight days of October are now
averaging 8 degrees warmer than normal. Today may wind up fifteen
degrees or more warmer than normal.

During the first five days of October we've recorded 82% of the
possible bright sunshine.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

8 A.M.

obscurement with dense fog and drizzle ending past hour;
temp/dewpoint 64; wind wsw 05 mph; six hourly min. temp. 64;
6 hourly manual precip. trace

BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16F 242/64/64/2504/025/ LE UKN/ 8////
51004 MANUAL 6000/ 10065 20064

11 A.M.

broken stratus with 15 miles visibility in thin fog;
temp. 68; dewpoint 65; wind ssw 06 mph...


BHO SA 1455 E8 BKN 15 240/68/65/2105/024/ THN F ALQDS VSBY WSW-NW 12/
8/600 58002

2 P.M.

scattered sc clouds, visibility 20 miles and hazy;
temp. 76; dewpoint 64; wind s at 13 mph; six hourly
max. temp. 76 deg.


BHO SA 1755 25 SCT 20 226/76/64/1911/020/ HAZY/ 8/500 58014 10076 20064


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX......78   NORMAL.....64 HAZEN 78.0 @ 1:57 P.M.
MIN......56   NORMAL.....46 HAZEN 56.2 @ 7:33 A.M.
MEAN.....67   NORMAL.....55

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 12
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 41   + 8.0 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 17  S AT 8:25 P.M.
                   AEROVANE..............................20  SE AT 5:44 P.M.
                   ASOS...................................... 16  SE AT 5:44 P.M.
                   DAVIS...................................... 18  SE AT 4:07 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................11 S  AT 8:55 P.M. **
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..........13 S  AT 9:28 P.M.
MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........13 SE AT 5:35 P.M.

** last of several occurrences....

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... ....   7.0  S
ASOS..............................................................   7.9 SSE [160 deg.]
DAVIS.............................................................   6.9  S      [170 deg ]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...TRACE   DEPARTURE......-0.14
                        ASOS.............. 0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........TRACE   DEPARTURE......-0.70
                        ASOS...............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........  42.90   DEPARTURE......+4.75
                        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/+3/0/690/98     21 MPH S
10/2   75/52/64/+8/0/681/97     23 MPH SSW
10/3   73/56/65/+9/0/656/94     15 MPH S
10/4   74/55/65/+9/T/382/55     17 MPH S
10/5   78/56/67/+12/0/471/68    17 MPH S

10/6   morning low temp. 64 deg...trace of precip.

DAILY EXTREMES

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

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 6
HIGH 83F IN 1990
LOW 26F IN 1965
PRECIP 3.78 INCHES IN 1962
PEAK GUST 60e MPH S IN 1942

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 7
HIGH 88 IN 1963 (RECORD FOR MONTH)
LOW 30 IN 1904,1986
PRECIP 1.75 INCHES IN 1972
PEAK GUST 52 ESE IN 1972

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling