Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAA02862; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:29:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALG81439; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:29:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by smtp.harvard.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f3CFTQP29709; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:29:26 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010412111453.00aa7b70@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:30:04 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 121100 LO OVC 1/2R-L-F 44/44/E15G20/3019F/R:0.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY APRIL 12 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club is scheduled for April 12, 2001. Our speaker will be Christine Clayburg of Channel 7 in Boston. Meeting to take place at Trailside Museum... TIME: 7:30 P.M. DAILY DISCUSSION....11 A.M. 4/12/2001 The 2nd thunderstorm of April and the year was observed here this morning shorly after 10 a.m....just a couple of rumbles.. Rainfall for the day through 11 a.m. is almost 0.3 inch... DAILY APRIL 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snow/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 33/30/32/-9/T/T/000/00/ 25 NNE 2 40/29/35/-6/T/T/015/02/ 24 N (Aero 30 N ) 3 48/27/38/-4/0/0/584/76/ WNW (Aero 34 WNW) 4 51/33/42/0/0/0/479/62/ 20 SSW (Aero 22 SSW ) 5 56/33/45/+3/0/0/760/98/ 26 NNW (Aero 30 NNW) 6 58/36/47/+4/0.25/0/054/07/ 29 S 7 44/33/39/-4/T/T/398/51/ 30 NNE 8 39/32/36/-7/0.51/T/000/00/ 28 SSE 9 68/38/53/+9/0.06/0/.../../ 24 W 10 57/41/49/+5/0.01/0/.../../ 18 NE (Aero 20 N ) 11 56/40/48/+4/0/0/.../../ 23 S (Aero 26 S ) 12 morning lo temp. 40 TODAY'S MANUAL OBSERVATIONS... 4/12/2001 THU 8 A.M. obscurement with fog...visibility 1/16 mile with ligh drizzle and fog occurring... temp: 42; wind ese at 13 mph... BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16L-F 249/42/42/1211/027/ RE40/ 8///// 56015 6009/ 70009 10042 20041 11 a.m. partial obscurement with fog and low overcast with light rain, light drizzle and fog visibility 1/2 mile and variable...temp: 44; wind e at 15 gusting to 20 mph... 3-hour rainfall 0.20 inch; thunderstorm past hour... BHO SA 1455 -X E4V OVC 1/2VR-L-F 225/44/44/1013G17/019/ F5 CIG 3V5 CDNS VRBL STRA DRFTG OVR/BLO SMT VSBY 1/8V3/4 BRFLY 11/2 SE-SW TB02E26 MOVD E/ 8/7/// 56024 6020/ DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 11 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 56 MIN 40 // ASOS MAX 56 ASOS MIN 40 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 53/35 MEAN 49 [+ 4] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: - 05 degrees April is averaging 0.5 degree cooler than normal.... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 4/12/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.09 MONTH: 0.92 [ - 0.62 IN. ] YEAR: 19.82 [ + 5.55 INS. ] SNOWFALL... 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.0 MONTH: TRACE SEASON: 90.4 INS. SNOW ON GRND 8 A.M....NONE WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 22 MPH S AT 4:33 P.M. PEAK GUST: 23 MPH S AT 2:09 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH S AT 2:09 P.M. RECORDS FOR APRIL 12 HIGH 82 IN 1945 LOW 17 IN 1926 PRECIP 1.51 INS 1993 WIND 65 MPH W IN 1978 RECORDS FOR APRIL 13 HIGH 85 IN 1945 LOW 22 IN 1939 PRECIP 1.95 INS 1933 WIND 59 MPH SSW IN 1995 Robert Skilling