BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS OVER THE REGION, BLUE SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE Sea level pressure at this morning's 7:00 AM EST observation rose to 30.16 inches, as the center of high pressure has  slowly made its way across New England. This reading is the highest pressure reading so far for the month of August, and has allowed for mostly clear and dry conditions since earlier this week. Precipitation for the month of August is at nearly 1 inch below normal so far, along with an annual departure of 4.58 inches below normal through yesterday. Clear conditions have been visible all morning into this afternoon. By the 1:00 PM EST observation only a few small cumulus in all directions with some cirrus barely visible offshore. Light distant haze had reduced visibility down to 65 miles, with a maximum temperature of 85F recorded so far. Today's Observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cirrus distant E-S Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 56F; Wind: WSW at 7 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly   Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze 6-hr Max temp: 70F 6-hr Min temp: 63F 24-hr precip: none BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 212/70/56/2507/016/ FEW CI DSNT E-S LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/001 51011 10070 20063   10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few small cumulus distant SE-SW and WNW-NNE, few cirrus distant E-S Temperature: 81F; Dew Point 56F; Wind: SSW at 9G15 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, rising, then falling but higher still Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 214/81/56/2009G15/016/ FEW SML CU DSNT SE-SW AND WNW-NNE FEW CI DSNT E-S LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/101 50002   1 P.M. Weather: Clear, few small cumulus in all directions, few cirrus distant E-SSW Temperature: 83F; Dew Point: 54F; Wind: SW at 9 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.14 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly   Visibility: 65 miles, light distant haze 6-hr Max temp: 85F   6-hr Min temp: 70F BHO SA 1755 CLR 65 205/83/54/2209/014/ FEW SML CU ALQDS FEW CI DSNT E-SSW LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/1001 58009 10085 20070 SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015     TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....83   NORMAL.....80 MIN.....62   NORMAL.....62 MEAN....73   NORMAL.....71   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL........................+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+8 [+0.4 DEGREES/DAY]   COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............8   DEPARTURE..........+2 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............95   DEPARTURE..........+4 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............489   DEPARTURE.........+47 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......416   DIFFERENCE........+73   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................18 WNW   AT  10:53 A.M.                           ASOS........................19 W     AT  10:54 P.M.                         DAVIS.......................17 WNW   AT  10:53 P.M. RMY 18 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................12 WNW   AT   5:59 P.M.      MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................14 W     AT  10:55 A.M.        MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................12 NW    AT  12:13 P.M.      AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............7.6 NNW                     ASOS.......................8.1                      DAVIS......................6.8 NW [314 deg.] * Last of several occurrences... PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.....0.00  DEPARTURE.....-0.12                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH...........0.89  DEPARTURE.....-0.95                           ASOS..............0.91 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........28.25  DEPARTURE.....-4.58                         ASOS...............N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 8/1  88/68/78/+6/0.06/729/84               28 WNW RMY N/A  8/2  86/62/74/+2/0.00/865/100              24 SW  RMY N/A 8/3  89/68/79/+7/0.00/690/80               31 S   RMY N/A   8/4  86/66/76/+4/0.31/422/49               45 W   RMY 50  TSTM   8/5  84/64/74/+2/0.00/765/89               28 WNW RMY 27 8/6  80/59/70/-2/0.00/685/80               22 W   RMY 21 8/7  78/61/70/-2/0.00/845/99               20 ESE RMY 18 8/8  77/58/68/-4/0.00/741/87               18 E   RMY N/A 8/9  72/59/66/-6/T/458/54                  27 NNE RMY 26    8/10 84/58/71/0/0.00/.../..                28 S   RMY N/A 8/11 70/63/67/-4/0.52/000/00               32 SSE RMY 35 8/12 83/65/74/+3/0.00/.../..               22 W   RMY 20 8/13 83/62/73/+2/0.00/.../..               18 WNW RMY 18 8/14 low since midnight is 63F; normal low is now 62F DAILY RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2015 None so far. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):  RECORDS FOR AUGUST 14 HIGH 99F IN 2002 LOW 46F IN 1964 PRECIP 3.06 INCHES IN 1919 PEAK GUST 61 MPH WNW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 15 HIGH 95F IN 1928 LOW 47F IN 1964 PRECIP 1.89 INCHES IN 2011  PEAK GUST 44e MPH S IN 1941 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald