BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   OVERCAST WITH LIGHT RAIN AND FOG EARLY AFTERNOON   Conditions are very humid with a dewpoint of 73 degrees early this afternoon and 0.02 inch of rain which has been falling since about noon time.   Today's observations:                                  7 A.M. Weather: Partial obscurement with 3/10 fog; cirrus/cirrostratus overcast    Temperature: 70F, Dew point: 70F, Wind: WSW at 06 MPH Sea-level pressure: 30.12 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 1/4 mile, heavy fog, variable 1/8 to 1/2 mile  Six hourly min. temp. 68 deg. 24-hour precip: 0.21 in.    BHO SA 1155 –X E220 OVC 1/4VF 200/70/70/2405/012/ F3 STRA DRFTG OVR SMT SLWLY THINNING THN SPTS IOVC SUN DMLY VSB VSBY 1/8V1/2 SE 1/ 8/007 53008 ASOS 70022 MANUAL 70021 10070 20068   10 A.M. Weather: Partial obscurement with 3/10 haze, high  overcast Temperature: 78F, Dew point: 69F, Wind: ESE 03 MPH [estimated] Sea-level pressure: 30.11 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 9 miles, hazy   BHO SA 1455 –X E150 OVC 9 196/78/69/E1102/011/ H3 THN SPTS SML BINOVC OVHD HAZY/ 8/03/ 58004   1 P.M. Weather: Overcast nimbostratus, light rain and fog  Temperature: 76F, Dew point: 73F, Wind: NNW at 05 MPH Sea-level pressure: 30.09 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 5 miles in light rain and fog    BHO SA 1755 E45 OVC 5R-F 188/76/73/3404/009/ WND L/V/ 8/02/ 58008 ASOS 60001 MANUAL 6002/ 10080 20070      WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, JULY 11     TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....83   NORMAL.....81  [82.8 @ 12:49 p.m. ] MIN.....66   NORMAL.....62  [65.7 @  3:49 a.m. ] MEAN....74   NORMAL.....72   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+28 (+2.3 DEGREES/DAY)   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........37 S AT 3:01 P.M.                      AEROVANE..........40 S AT 3:01 P.M.                         ASOS..............35 S AT 3:01 P.M.                     DAVIS.............35 SSE AT 2:52 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........28 S   AT 3:01 P.M.        MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........29 S   AT 3:01 P.M.    MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.......25 SSE AT 1:53 P.M.  AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.....13.5 S                     ASOS..............14.1 S [180 deg]                     DAVIS.............11.5 S [170 deg]   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.21   DEPARTURE....+0.09                            ASOS............. 0.22 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JULY...............0.52   DEPARTURE....-0.82                          ASOS..............0.51 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........34.83   DEPARTURE....+7.82                          ASOS.............34.35   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2006......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST   AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available   7/1  82/59/71/+1/0/768/84     31 SSW 7/2  84/65/75/+5/0/530/58     38 SSW 7/3  86/68/77/+7/0/757/83     27 SW 7/4  86/67/77/+7/0.08/264/29  35 W    TSTM 7/5  78/68/73/+2/T/091/10     20 WSW 7/6  76/61/69/-2/0.23/191/21  16 NW 7/7  80/58/69/-2/0/854/94     18 NW 7/8  81/63/72/+1/0/.../..     17 E 7/9  85/63/74/+3/0/.../..     30 SSW 7/10 84/64/74/+3/0/.../..     31 SSW 7/11 83/66/75/+3/0.21/.../..  37 S    TSTM Aero 40 MPH S   7/12 morning low temp. 68 deg; normal now 62 deg   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR JULY 12 HIGH 97F IN 1943 LOW 48F IN 1945 PRECIP 1.43 INS IN 1975 WIND 48e MPH SSW IN 1944   RECORDS FOR JULY 13 HIGH 95F IN 1894 LOW 52F IN 1888, 1895, 1939, 1973 PRECIP 3.54 INS IN 1996 WIND 55 MPH SE IN 1996   Today's report by: Robert Skilling