BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CLOUDS BUILD AHEAD OF OFFSHORE NOR'EASTER An area of low pressure to our south this morning is  expected to deepen and strengthen as it passes to our east. Scattered and broken layers of stratocumulus,  altocumulus and nearly overcast altostratus have characterized our morning, with clear skies still visible to the NW-N. Overnight, temperatures dipped to a minimum reading of 45F at midnight, some 10 degrees above our daily normal minimum for  this date. Through Monday, temperatures have averaged 10.5 degrees above normal to start November. By the 1:00 PM EST observation showers were building toward the south shore of Massachusetts with overcast conditions on top of Great Blue Hill. Thin fog and hazy conditions were obscuring visibility to just 25 miles in most directions with broken and overcast layers of altocumulus and altostratus respectively. A maximum temperature of 53F had been recorded around the 10:00 AM EST observation.     Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, broken altocumulus, broken altostratus Temperature: 48F; Dew Point: 37F; Wind: estimated WNW at 5 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.26 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, except 75 miles WNW-NNE, thin fog in all directions 6-hr Max temp: 48F  6-hr Min temp: 46F 24-hr precip: 0.00 ins.  BHO SA 1155 30 SCT E140 BKN 200 BKN 30 247/48/37/E3005/026/  VSBY WNW-NNE 75 MI THN FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/52/ 56005 10048 20046 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, broken altocumulus, broken altostratus, sun dimly visible Temperature: 53F; Dew Point 36F; Wind: estimated E at 3 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.26 ins. Hg, rising, then falling and lower Visibility: 20 miles, except 65 miles WNW, thin fog, hazy  BHO SA 1455 25 SCT E120 BKN 200 BKN 20 246/53/36/E0803/026/  VSBY WNW 65 MI THN FG ALQDS HAZY SUN DMLY VSBL WND LGT/ 8/510 58001 1 P.M.  Weather: Broken altocumulus, overcast altostratus Temperature: 49F; Dew Point 36F; Wind: NE at 7 kts   Sea-level pressure: 30.14 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly   Visibility: 25 miles, except 50 miles WNW-NNW, thin fog, hazy  6-hr max. temp. 53F   6-hr min. temp. 48F   BHO SA 1755 E140 BKN 200 OVC 25 208/49/36/0507/014/  VSBY WNW-NNW 50 MI THN FG ALQDS HAZY/ 8/07/ 58038 10053 20048 SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015     TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....59   NORMAL.....52 MIN.....38   NORMAL.....35  MEAN....49   NORMAL.....44    DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......................+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....................+96  [+10.5 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............16   DEPARTURE..........-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............84   DEPARTURE.........-95 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............538   DEPARTURE........-204 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......605   DIFFERENCE........-67   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................20 W   AT  12:22 P.M. *                    ASOS........................21 WSW AT  12:01 P.M.                           DAVIS.......................20 W   AT   5:07 A.M. RMY 21 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................16 W   AT  12:20 P.M.*  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................17 W   AT   2:37 A.M.          MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................16 W   AT  12:21 P.M.         AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............11.5 W                     ASOS......................11.6                         DAVIS.....................10.4 W [257 Deg.]  * Last of several occurrences  PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.....0.00  DEPARTURE.....-0.16                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........TRACE  DEPARTURE.....-1.40                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........36.83  DEPARTURE.....-8.34                            ASOS................N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 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 11/1  59/45/52/+6/T/.../..                  30 SSW RMY 31   11/2  62/47/55/+9/0.00/.../..               24 W   RMY N/A 11/3  71/44/58/+12/0.00/.../..              25 W   RMY 25 11/4  66/49/58/+13/0.00/.../..              22 SSW RMY N/A 11/5  72/51/62/+17/0.00/.../..              31 SW  RMY 36   11/6  71/60/66/+21/0.00/.../..              35 SSW RMY 38 11/7  64/46/55/+10/0.00/.../..              33 WNW RMY 35 11/8  54/39/47/+3/0.00/.../..               26 NW  RMY 30 11/9  59/38/49/+5/0.00/.../..               20 W   RMY 21 11/10  low since midnight is 45F; normal low is now 35F   DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2015 **11/6 DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F        TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959   **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F        BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58F SET IN 1938 **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F        TIES PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 60F SET ON         11/8/1996 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 20 IN 2004 PRECIP 2.11 INCHES IN 1888 SNOWFALL 2.2 IN 1987 PEAK GUST 83e S IN 1942 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRECIP 1.14 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986 PEAK GUST 64 NW IN 1962 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald