BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014    ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ONLY A TRACE RECORDED AT BHO SO FAR THIS MORNING AS DRY SPELL CONTINUES Between 9:00 and 10:00 EST this morning a few drops of rain were all that were found on our ombroscope, our analog precipitation-recording device. Following yesterday's sun-fill day our deficit at Blue Hill increases once again to -1.68 inches for the month and -5.52 inches for the year. By the 1:00 PM EST observation a maximum of 66F had been reached under mostly cloudy skies with showers distant to the SW and NNE-ESE. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus, few altocumulus lenticularis distant WSW-NE, few altocumulus castellanus distant SE Temperature: 56; Dew Point: 50F; Wind: estimated S at 5 kts Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.05 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly           Visibility: 40 miles, thin fog in all directions   6-hr max temp: 56F 6-hr min temp: 52F 24-hr precip: 0.00 in.   BHO SA 1155 E160 BKN 40 177/56/50/E1805/005/ FEW ACSL DSNT WSW-NE FEW ACC DSNT SE THN FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/070 58005 10056 20052 10 A.M.   Weather: Broken altocumulus, thin overcast of altostratus/ nimbostratus, few cumulus ENE-SW, light spots in overcast WSW, showers distant SW-NNE Temperature: 63F; Dew Point: 49F; Wind: estimated SW at 5 kts Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.03 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly          Visibility: 50 miles, 25 miles SW-NNE, obscured by showers and thin fog 3-hr precip: Trace BHO SA 1455 E65 BKN 110 -OVC 50 169/63/49/E2305/003/  SHWRS DSNT SW-NNE VSBY SW-NNE 25 MI FEW CU ENE-SW  LGT SPTS INOVC WSW THN FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/17/ 58008 MANUAL 6000/  1 P.M. Weather: Scattered moderate cumulus, broken altocumulus, broken altocumulus, showers distant SW and NNE-ESE Temperature: 64F; Dew Point: 53F; Wind: estimated NNW at 6 kts Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.98 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly Visibility: 25 miles, 50 miles SE-SW, obscured by thin fog and distant showers 6-hr max temp: 66F 6-hr min temp: 56F 6-hr precip: Trace BHO SA 1755 40 SCT E90 BKN 140 BKN 25 154/64/53/E3306/998/  SHWRS DSNT SW AND NNE-ESE VSBY SW-SE 50 MI THN FG ALQDS WND LGT/  8/270 56015 MANUAL 6000/ 10066 20056 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....67    NORMAL.....72 MIN.....43    NORMAL.....55 MEAN....55    NORMAL.....64 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................-9 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+45 [+2.8 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............0   DEPARTURE...........-2 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............86   DEPARTURE..........+43 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........565   DEPARTURE..........-15 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......694   DIFFERENCE........-129 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............10  DEPARTURE..........+7 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............27  DEPARTURE..........-4      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............29  DEPARTURE.........-27 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........47  DIFFERENCE........-18 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................17 W   AT  1:49 P.M. *                                ASOS.......................18 W   AT  1:45 P.M.                                    DAVIS......................16 W   AT  1:45 P.M. RMY 18         FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................14 ESE AT 10:12 P.M.      MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................13 SE  AT 11:38 P.M.              MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................12 SE  AT  9:49 P.M.                           AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............7.9 ESE                    ASOS.......................8.4                     DAVIS......................4.1 E (103 degrees)   * last of several occurrences                    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE..........-0.13                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.20  DEPARTURE..........-1.68                               ASOS..............0.18   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........31.38  DEPARTURE..........-5.52                          ASOS.............31.61    PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 9/1  88/69/79/+11/0.00/710/90             16 W   RMY 19 9/2  91/70/81/+13/0.00/495/63             24 S   RMY 27 TSTM 9/3  83/67/75/+8/0.00/681/87              24 NW  RMY 27    9/4  86/61/74/+7/0.00/758/97              20 SW  RMY 22  9/5  89/66/78/+11/0.00/731/94             25 SSW RMY 29  9/6  90/67/79/+12/T/481/62                33 SSW RMY 36 TSTM 9/7  77/62/70/+4/0.03/687/89              26 NW  RMY N/A 9/8  74/57/66/+0/0.00/601/78              25 ENE RMY 25 9/9  71/59/65/-1/0.00/384/50              23 ENE RMY 23 9/10 71/58/65/0/0.00/.../..               20 NE  RMY 20  9/11 78/60/69/+4/0.00/.../.. 31 SW  RMY 35  9/12 72/51/62/-3/0.00/.../..              25 NNW RMY 22 9/13 67/50/59/-5/0.17/.../..              23 E   RMY 24  9/14 66/47/57/-7/0.00/.../..              25 NW  RMY 24 9/15 67/43/55/-9/0.00/.../..              17 W   RMY 18 9/16  morning low temp: 52F since midnight; normal low now 55F DAILY RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014: None so far. DAILY EXTREMES  Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):      RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 16 HIGH 91F IN 1939,1941 LOW 39F IN 1984 PRECIP 5.12 INCHES IN 1933 (Hurricane) PEAK GUST 59 MPH SSE IN 1999 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 17 HIGH 86F IN 1915,1941,1991 LOW 38F IN 1959 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1933 PEAK GUST 60 MPH WNW IN 1999 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald