BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   TEMPERATURES REACH UPPER 50'S WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS   Increasing south winds were gusting just over 35 MPH by early this afternoon and temperatures had risen to the upper 50's under bright sunshine through just some high thin cloudiness. The early morning low temperature of 41 degrees was above a temperature inversion which featured sub-freezing 20's and low 30's in the surrounding lowland areas.   Today's observations:   7 A.M.   Weather: High thin cirrus cloudiness, some in dense patches Patches of thin ground fog below inversion, few distant dense patches  Temperature: 44F, Dew point: 32F, Wind: S at 14 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.99 inches Hg, steady Visibility: 30 miles, 45 miles above inversion WNW  6-hour min temp: 41F 24-hour rainfall: 0.06 inch BHO SA 1155 200 SCT 250 –SCT 300 –BKN 30 157/44/32/1814/999/ FEW ACSL PTCHS DNS CI W-NNE PTCHS THN GF BLO SMT/INVSN FEW DSNT DNS PTCHS VSBY WNW 45 ABV INVSN/ 8/042 50005 70006 10044 20041   10 A.M.   Weather: Thin broken cirrus  Temperature: 52F, Dew point: 43F, Wind: S at 18G24 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.96 inches Hg, falling   Visibility: 30 miles, hazy  BHO SA 1455 250 –SCT 300 –BKN 30 147/52/43/1818G24/996/ PTCHS LWR DNS CI/CC THN K ALG HRZN SW-N HAZY/ 8/002 56010   1 P.M.   Weather: Thin broken cirrus Temperature: 57F, Dew point: 44F, Wind: S at 21G31 kts Wind: Peak wind 31 kts S at 48 past the hour Sea-level pressure: 29.88 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 25 miles, hazy 6-hour max. temp. 57F BHO SA 1755 300 –BKN 25 120/57/44/1721G31/988/ FEW CUFRA/CU SE-W FEW AC DSNT NW-N NMRS CNTRLS HAZY PK WND 1831/48/ 8/141 56027 10057 20044    WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....55    NORMAL.....50 MIN.....42    NORMAL.....35 MEAN....49    NORMAL.....43 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+ 6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........-35 [-2.9 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............16  DEPARTURE......- 6 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........299  DEPARTURE......+34 [corrected] TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON..........645  DEPARTURE.....-211 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.....747  DIFFERENCE....-102   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............28 S   AT  2:59 A.M.                      AEROVANE.............28 S   AT  2:59 A.M.                     ASOS.................26 S   AT  2:59 A.M.                      DAVIS................32 S   AT  2:58 A.M.   FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............20 SSE AT  1:20 A.M.      MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........20 S   AT  2:39 A.M.   MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........22 S   AT  3:01 A.M.   AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...... 11.8 W                     ASOS................11.6                    DAVIS...............12.1 WSW [240 deg]      PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.06  DEPARTURE....-0.10                          ASOS..............0.06 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.19  DEPARTURE....+0.19                          ASOS..............2.20  [corrected]   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........37.73  DEPARTURE....-6.29                          ASOS.............37.03     SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.0  DEPARTURE.....-1.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............0.0  DEPARTURE.....-1.2   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/-2/0/446/73     29 NE 11/3  46/40/43/-3/0.95/000/00  51 N   Aero 50 MPH NNW  11/4  54/37/46/0/0/503/82      33 W   Aero 33 MPH W    11/5  56/40/48/+3/0/483/79     29 SE 11/6  53/37/45/0/0.75/000/00   35 SSE Aero 35 MPH SSE  11/7  50/32/41/-4/0/551/91     30 W 11/8  43/28/36/-8/0/494/82     22 W 11/9  44/32/38/-6/N/A/331/55   21 NNE 11/10 39/28/34/-10/N/A/383/64  32 N 11/11 42/24/33/-10/0/590/99    23 WNW 11/12 42/27/35/-8/0.02/024/04  25 SSE 11/13 55/42/49/+6/0.33/308/52  28 S   11/14 morning low temp. 41F; normal low is now 35F          NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2007: NONE   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 14 HIGH 70 IN 1993 LOW 11 IN 1905 PRECIP 1.87 IN 1972 SNOWFALL 3.5 IN 1997 PEAK GUST 63 W IN 2003   RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 15 HIGH 74 IN 1993 LOW 15 IN 1933 PRECIP 1.66 INCHES IN 1981 SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1967 PEAK GUST 58 NNW IN 1962// NW IN 1967   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Robert Skilling