BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME MONDAY AUGUST 22 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....... Pleasantly lower humidity today with temperatures rising to the lower 80's under mostly sunny skies early this afternoon. As compared to dewpoints in the low to mid-70's yesterday, the air is much more comfortable today with dewpoints in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees. August is now averaging just over 4 degrees WARMER than normal daily. Only a trace of rain fell yesterday; during the morning a couple of hours had a trace. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...... 8 A.M. scattered clouds and clearing sky wsw-n; visibility 35 miles but 50 miles west thru north and 25 miles northeast thru southeast; temp. 71; dewpoint 57; wind west at 10 mph; six hour min. temp. 68 BHO SA 1155 95 SCT 35 096/71/57/2709/981/ SKY CLR/CLRG WSW-N THN K LYR ALG HRZNS NE-E AND S VSBY W-NW 50 NE-SE 25/ 8/080 51007 10071 20068 11 A.M. scattered clouds with visibility 40 miles and 50 miles west thru northwest; temp. 79; dewpoint 59; wind wsw at 12 mph.... BHO SA 1455 100 SCT 40 100/79/60/2510/983/ FEW CU FRMG W-N FEW ACC VSBY W-NW 50/ 8/180 53004 2 P.M. scattered clouds with moderate cumulus and acsl; visibility 50 miles, temp. 82; dewpoint 57; wind wsw 13 gusting 22 mph; wind variability ssw-w six hourly max. temp. 83 deg. BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 90 SCT 50 093/82/57/2511G19/980/ MDT CU ALQDS FEW ACSL ALQDS WND 21V28/ 8/240 58007 10083 20071 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 21: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......86 NORMAL.....78 HAZEN MAX. 86.4 @ 3:20 P.M. MIN......68 NORMAL.....60 HAZEN MIN 67.7 @ 5:31 A.M. MEAN.....77 NORMAL.....69 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 8 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 93 [ +4.2 deg. daily ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 27 S AT 9:29 A.M. AEROVANE.................................29 S AT 9:29 A.M. ASOS......................................... N/A DAVIS..........................................28 S AT 9:28 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY................... 19 S AT 9:29 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE............ N/A MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE............ 23 S AT 9:30 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... ..... 11.3 S ASOS.............................................................. N/A DAVIS............................................................. 11.5 S [ 200 deg] * N/A = not available due storm related internet problems and ASOS connection problem PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST.............4.68 DEPARTURE....+1.98 ASOS..............4.63 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........38.21 DEPARTURE....+6.25 ASOS.............37.03* *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 8/1 85/62/74/+2/0.72/416/48 32 WMW Aero 36 MPH WNW TSTM 8/2 87/65/76/+4/0.03/821/95 21 W 8/3 87/67/77/+5/0/578/67 20 WNW 8/4 85/66/76/+4/0/800/93 25 SE 8/5 95/67/81/+9/0.49/515/60 51 WSW TSTM Aero 50 MPH WSW 8/6 82/65/74/+2/0/554/66 21 NNE 8/7 85/63/74/+3/0/649/76 22 S 8/8 92/66/79/+8/0/613/72 23 S 8/9 87/70/79/+8/0.02/221/26 28 S 8/10 88/69/79/+8/0/670/79 24 SSE 8/11 90/69/80/+9/T/567/67 23 NE 8/12 89/68/79/+8/T/.../.. 28 S 8/13 94/75/85/+14/0.34/.../.. 27 SW TSTM 8/14 90/64/77/+7/2.79/.../.. 32 E TSTM Aero 32 MPH E 8/15 64/60/62/-8/0.29/000/00 28 N 8/16 74/59/67/-3/0/.../.. 20 SSE 8/17 84/63/74/+4/0/.../.. 22 NNW 8/18 77/59/68/-2/0/.../.. 17 SW 8/19 77/60/69/-1/0/.../.. 20 E 8/20 84/62/73/+4/0/.../.. 20 E 8/21 86/68/77/+8/T/.../.. 27 S 8/22 morning low temp. 68 deg; normal low now 60 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR AUGUST 22 HIGH 90F IN 1939 LOW 42F IN 1894 PRECIP 2.28 INCHES IN 1935 PEAK GUST 44 MPH SSW 1987 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 23 HIGH 88F IN 1918, 1947, 1949, 1996 LOW 45F IN 1923 PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1955 PEAK GUST 60e MPH NW 1940 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling