BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY 
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014  
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

SEVERE WEATHER MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ONCE MORE, 
BRINGING WIND, HEAVY RAIN, LIGHTNING AND A CONFIRMED
TORNADO IN REVERE

It's been a busy weather morning in the Boston Metro
area and here at Blue Hill as storms strengthened and
moved NE. Only 0.10 inches of new rain fell as a thunderstorm
that began at 7:37 AM EST here at Blue Hill moved just to our 
W moving NE. Both our RM Young and NWS ASOS anemometers
clocked 40 MPH from the SSE around 8:08 AM EST this morning
as the storm began to clear the summit.

A Severe Thunderstorm, Flash Flood and finally a Tornado
Warning were issued with this cell as it moved just N and W
of the city. 

Fog that was in place since early this morning and was
reducing visibility to 1/4 of a mile lifted and cleared
following the end of the thunderstorm.
Since that time skies have been mostly to partly cloudy
with some CB and TCU visible at times in the distance.
At the time of this report a Severe Thunderstorm Watch
had been issued for a majority of interior New England,
including our station.
 
Today's Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Thick fog, light rain, precipitation very light,
rain began at 6:07 AM EST
Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 70F; Wind: SSE at 11 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.59 ins. Hg, falling then falling more quickly    
Visibility: 1/4 of a mile, obscured by fog and light rain  
6-hr max temp: 70F
6-hr min temp: 68F
24-hr precip: 0.62
BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/4R-F 020/70/70/1511/959/ RB07 PRCP VRY LGT/ 
8//// 58016 ASOS 70062 MANUAL 70062 10070 20068

10 A.M.  
Weather: Broken cumulus, broken altocumulus, towering cumulus
distant NW-NE, thin fog in all directions 
Temperature: 75F; Dew Point: 68F; Wind: S at 16G26 kts,
Peak Wind: 28 kts SSW @ 9:04 AM EST 
Sea-level pressure: 29.57 ins. Hg, falling, then rising, but lower    
Visibility: 25 miles, thin fog in all directions
3-hr precip: 0.10 inches
BHO SA 1455 E27 BKN 70 BKN 25 113/75/68/1916G26/957/ TCU DSNT NW-NNE 
THN FG ALQDS PK WND 2028/04/ 8/230 55007 ASOS 60011 MANUAL 60010 

1 P.M.  
Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, broken cumulus,
broken moderate cumulus, towering cumulus vicinity WNW-NW
Temperature: 79F; Dew Point: 68F; Wind: S at 16G21 kts 
Sea-level pressure: 29.51 ins. Hg, falling then falling more quickly
Visibility: 35 miles, 45 miles WNW-NW, hazy in all directions
6-hr max temp: 80F  
6-hr min temp: 70F
6-hr precip: 0.10 inches      
BHO SA 1755 31 SCT E40 BKN 54 BKN 35 993/79/68/1916G21/951/ 
TCU VC NNW VSBY WNW-NW 45 MI HAZY/ 8/800 58020 ASOS 60011 MANUAL 60010 
10080 20070 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014  

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....75    NORMAL.....81
MIN.....65    NORMAL.....63
MEAN....70    NORMAL.....72

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................-2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+26 [+0.8 DEGREES/DAY]

COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............5   DEPARTURE..........-3
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............206   DEPARTURE.........+13
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........315   DEPARTURE..........-7
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......455   DIFFERENCE.......-140

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) 
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................28  SSW AT 10:23 A.M.    
                   ASOS.......................30  SSW AT 10:24 A.M.  
                   DAVIS......................28  SSW AT 10:23 A.M. RMY 30       
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................21  S   AT  3:29 P.M.*                
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................21  S   AT  3:29 A.M.   
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................20  SSW AT 10:24 A.M.             
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............12.8 S		
                   ASOS.......................12.9 
                   DAVIS..................... 11.9 S [193 degrees] 

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.62  DEPARTURE..........+0.47
                         ASOS..............0.62
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.98  DEPARTURE..........+0.59	    
                         ASOS..............4.94  
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.53  DEPARTURE..........-1.83	 
                         ASOS.............29.45 

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2014 CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY GUST
RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system 
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
....: Data not yet available, records not finalized

7/1  85/66/76/+6/0.00/695/76              31 SSW RMY 36
7/2  89/69/79/+9/T/639/70                 33 SSW RMY 38 
7/3  91/68/80/+9/0.05/611/67              29 W   RMY 30  TSTM
7/4  72/61/67/-4/2.48/027/03              28 N   RMY N/A TSTM
7/5  77/55/66/-5/0.27/738/81              36 NW  RMY N/A 
7/6  83/61/72/+1/0.00/892/98              29 SW  RMY 33
7/7  85/65/75/+4/T/563/62                 33 SW  RMY 38  TSTM [NO RAIN] 
7/8  89/70/80/+8/0.00/763/84              31 SW  RMY 38 
7/9  86/70/78/+6/0.00/779/86              28 SSW RMY N/A	
7/10 80/65/73/+1/0.00/597/66              16 NW  RMY N/A
7/11 76/62/69/-3/0.00/732/81              22 NE  RMY N/A 
7/12 85/60/73/+1/0.00/849/94              21 S   RMY 25 
7/13 82/64/73/+1/0.01/676/75              31 S   RMY 35
7/14 83/69/76/+4/0.54/207/23              25 S   RMY 27
7/15 82/70/76/+4/0.02/135/15              26 S   RMY 29 TSTM
7/16 73/65/69/-3/0.98/000/00              27 SSW RMY 32 TSTM
7/17 79/62/71/-1/T/573/64                 15 WSW RMY 17 
7/18 80/60/70/-2/0.00/822/92              15 NW  RMY 16
7/19 77/63/70/-2/0.00/054/06              13 E   RMY 14 
7/20 72/60/66/-6/T/312/35                 16 ENE RMY 16
7/21 76/59/68/-4/0.00/667/75              16 E   RMY 19
7/22 88/63/76/+4/0.00/816/92              22 SSW RMY 25 
7/23 88/68/78/+6/0.00/770/87              29 S   RMY 32
7/24 74/63/69/-3/0.01/291/33              18 ENE RMY 18
7/25 80/56/68/-4/0.00/.../..              18 NW  RMY N/A       
7/26 82/63/73/+1/0.00/.../..              28 SSW RMY 32
7/27 75/65/70/-2/0.62/.../..              28 SSE RMY 30 TSTM 

7/28 morning low of 68F; the normal low is now 63F
 
DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 2014:

7/4  NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.48 ins;
     surpasses previous record of 1.78 ins. in 1950
7/16 NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.98 ins;
     surpasses previous record of 0.89 ins. in 1919

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

RECORDS FOR JULY 28
HIGH 97F IN 1931
LOW 49F IN 1903
PRECIP 3.32 INS IN 1911
PEAK GUST 62 MPH SW IN 2006

RECORDS FOR JULY 29
HIGH 97F IN 1949
LOW 53F IN 1888,1914
PRECIP 1.53 INS IN 1901
PEAK GUST 40e MPH E IN 1941

TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald