BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. Heavy fog and light drizzle today with temperatures stuck between 53 and 54 degrees all day through 2 p.m. Only light amounts of precipitation included 0.01 in drizzle very early this morning and 0.09 inch for the six hours ending 2 p.m. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. obscurement with fog visibility 1/16 in heavy fog; temp/dewpoint 54; wind ene 04 mph; six hourly min. temp. 53 deg; 24 hourly precip. 0.16 in. BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16F 191/54/54/0603/009/ RB20E25/ 8//// 53016 MANUAL 6001/ ASOS 60000 MANUAL 70016 ASOS 70015 10054 20053 11 A.M. obscurement with fog and visibility 1/16 light drizzle and fog; temp/dewpoint 54; wind nne at 14 mph; 3-hourly precip. 0.07 in. BHO SA 1455 W2 X 1/16L-F 194/54/54/0212/010/ PCPN INTMT VRY LGT WND 35V05/ 8//// 50003 ASOS 60008 MANUAL 6007/ 2 P.M. obscurement with fog and visibility 1/8 variable 1/16 in light drizzle and heavy fog; temp./dewpoint 53; wind nne 15 gusting 27 mph; peak gust to 30 mph past hour; six hourly max. temp. 54; six hourly precip. 0.09 in. BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/8VL-F 198/53/53/0313G23/012/ VSBY 1/8V1/16 PK WND 0226/07/ WND 35V05/ 8//// 53004 MANUAL 6009/ ASOS 60009 10054 20053 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 10: COLUMBUS DAY TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......53 NORMAL.....62 HAZEN 53.2 @ 11:56 p.m. ** MIN......50 NORMAL.....45 HAZEN 50.2 @ 7:18 a.m. MEAN.....52 NORMAL.....54 ** Eastern Standard Time.... DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 75 [+ 7.3 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 25 NNE AT 4:14 A.M. * AEROVANE............................. 25 NNE AT 4:14 A.M. ASOS...................................... 22 NE AT 5:40 P.M. DAVIS...................................... 22 NNE AT 3:26 A.M. * last of several occurrences FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................15 NE AT 5:38 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..........16 NE AT 5:40 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE......... 17 N AT 9:46 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... .... 10.1 NNE ASOS.............................................................. 9.6 NNE [020 deg ] DAVIS............................................................. 9.8 NNE [020 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.16 DEPARTURE......+0.02 ASOS.............. 0.15 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCT ...............2.88 DEPARTURE......+1.48 ASOS...............2.86 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........ 45.78 DEPARTURE......+6.93 ASOS..............44.53 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 77/64/71/+16/T/366/53 25 MPH S 10/7 78/65/72/+17/0.03/158/23 31 MPH S 10/8 71/50/61/+7/n/a/000/00 45 MPH NNE/S Aero 50 MPH S 10/9 52/47/50/-4/n/a/000/00 50 MPH NNE Aero 48 MPH NNE 10/10 53/50/52/-2/0.19/000 25 MPH NNE 10/11 morning low temp. 53; rainfall midnight to 8 a.m. 0.01 in. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 11 HIGH 80 IN 1919,1949 LOW 28 IN 1993 PRECIP 0.96 INCHES IN 1903 SNOWFALL (NONE) PEAK GUST 66e MPH WNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12 HIGH 87 IN 1954 LOW 31 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.53 INCHES IN 1948 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1941 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1963 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling