BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME EXTRATROPICAL STORM NOEL PASSING OFFSHORE TODAY... BRINGING RAIN AND STRONG WINDS TO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND... Light rainfall began at 8:45 EDT this morning and continued occasionally moderate through early this afternoon. A dry slot in the precipitation is developing over eastern Mass as of 2 PM EDT, which is holding down the rainfall amounts. The wind has gusted as high as 44 kts, 51 mph N at 11:49 AM EDT. Most gusts have been in the 32-38 kt range so far. The wind direction has backed around from NE at midnight to N (350 degrees) at 2 PM EDT as the storm center, now south of Nantucket, moves to the northeast this evening. The barometer is falling off rapidly this afternoon, dropping 3.4 mb (0.10 inch) in the hour ending at 2 PM EDT and 8.8 mb (0.26 inch) in the past 3 hours. Today's observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratocumulus Temperature: 46F, Dew point: 40F, Wind: NNE at 17G30 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.09 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 30 miles 6-hour min temp: 43F 24-hour precipitation: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1155 E25 BKN 50 OVC 30 191/46/40/0317G30/009/ PK WND 0335/22 WND 35V07/ 8/5// 58027 10046 20043 10 A.M. Weather: Light rain, broken stratocumulus, overcast nimbostratus Temperature: 44F, Dew point: 44F, Wind: NNE at 21G34 kts Wind: variable N-NE Sea-level pressure: 29.95 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 8 miles 3-hour precipitation: 0.15 inch BHO SA 1455 E15 BKN 35 OVC 8R- 144/44/44/0221G34/995/ PK WND 0237/03 WND 35V05/ 8/52/ 56047 6015/ 1 P.M. Weather: Light rain, broken stratocumulus, overcast nimbostratus Temperature: 42F, Dew point: 42F, Wind: N at 23G35 kts Wind: variable NW-NNE Sea-level pressure: 29.69 inches Hg, falling rapidly Visibility: 12 miles, increasing 6-hour max. temp. 46F 6-hour precipitation: 0.33 inch BHO SA 1755 E10 BKN 15 OVC 12R- 056/42/42/3523G35/969/ VSBY INCR PCPN VRY LGT PRESFR PK WND 3535/52 WND 32V02/ 8/52/ 58088 6033/ 10046 20042 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....50 NORMAL.....54 MIN.....37 NORMAL.....38 MEAN....44 NORMAL.....46 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...........-2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...........+5 [+2.3 DEGREES/DAY] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............29 NE AT 11:56 P.M. AEROVANE.............28 NE AT 11:56 P.M. ASOS.................29 ENE AT 11:56 P.M. DAVIS................24 NW AT 7:53 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............19 NE AT 11:58 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........20 ENE AT 11:38 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........18 NW AT 5:22 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......12.0 NE ASOS...............11.7 DAVIS..............11.8 N [007 deg] * Last of several occurrences. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M... 0.00 DEPARTURE.....-0.15 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER...........0.00 DEPARTURE.....-0.30 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........35.54 DEPARTURE.....-6.78 ASOS.............34.83 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2007...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 11/1 66/42/54/+7/0/050/08 37 S 11/2 50/37/44/-2/0/.../.. 29 NE 11/3 morning low temp. 43F; normal low is now 38F NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2007: None to date. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 3 HIGH 75 IN 1990 LOW 21 IN 1891 PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1951 SNOWFALL 0.1 IN 1951 PEAK GUST 96e SSE IN 1951 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 4 HIGH 77 IN 1987 LOW 22 IN 1891 PRECIP 3.27 INCHES IN 1910 SNOWFALL 6.4 IN 1945 PEAK GUST 73 WNW IN 1965 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Mike Iacono