From: Robert Skilling To: Charlie Orloff (BHO) Subject: BLUE HILL MA 111000 HI BKN 10 28/20/W16/2984F/LO 13 Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:02 AM BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY NOTES... The overnight low temperature was down to 13 degrees around 1 a.m. this morning before rising to 20 degrees by 7 a.m. Our snow depth on the ground remains at 9 inches this morning here at the summit although a lot less in the surrounding Milton-Canton area with a total of 3 inches on ground a few miles to our northeast in Milton. Our maximum depth for the winter season so far peaked at 10 inches on Tuesday afternoon. At 7 a.m. this morning: cloudy and hazy with 10 miles vsby temp: 20 and dewpoint 15 wind: wsw 17 gusting 24 mph barometer: 29.86 and falling overnight low temp: 13 degrees yesterday's high: 23 degrees SUMMARY OF JANUARY 2001 TO DATE.... Temps. (max/min/mean/ Precip. / Snowfall / Peak Wind gusts (MPH) / 1/1 31/18/25/-1 / 0 / 0 / 28 W 1/2 26/13/20/-6 / 0 / 0 / 28 NW 1/3 31/12/22/-4 / 0 / 0 / 21 NW 1/4 31/19/25/-1 / 0 / 0 / 22 W 1/5 31/18/25/-1 / 0.09/ 1.0 / 21 SE 1/6 35/27/31/+5 / 0.27/ 1.8 / 28 NW 1/7 34/21/28/+2 / 0 / 0 / 24 WNW 1/8 38/30/34/+8 / 0.09 / 1.0 / 14 N 1/9 31/18/25/-1 / 0.23 / 4.0 / 27 W 1/10 23/09/16/-9 / trace / trace / 43 NNW (Aerovane 48 NNW) 1/11 ../13 The total temp. departure is -8 degrees thru 10 days... The month is averaging about 1 degree colder than normal. Precipitation for the month: 0.68 inch Departure from normal: - 0.65 inch Total snowfall: 7.8 ins. Total seasonal snowfall: 17.9 inches Total snowfall last season to date: trace Total snow depth on ground 7 a.m. 1/11 is 9 inches MANUAL OBSERVATIONS FOR WEDNESDAY... 1/10/2001 WED BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 080/9/-2/3215G20/977/ SC LYR ALG/OFFSHR NE-SE-DSNT S-SSW VSBY NE-SE 30 W-NW 60 PK WND 3342/01/ DRFTG SNW TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 2.2 INS EVENT TOTAL 5.0 INS/ 8/500/ 4/009 53051 6000/ 70012 10018 20009 BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 118/13/-1/3119G29/988/ SC OFFSHR NE-SE PK WND 3229/50/ 8/500/ 51038 BHO SA 1755 CLR 60 134/20/2/2914/993/ SC OFFSHR DSNT NE-SE AC SW-NW/ 8/530/ 51018 10021 20009 MANUAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THURSDAY... 1/11/2001 THU BHO SA 1155 E140 OVC 10 112/20/15/2415G21/986/ SC SW-NW THN SPTS IOVC E-S AND SML BINOVC DSNT SE HAZY/ 8/51// 4/009 56011 10020 20013 BHO SA 1455 E250 BKN 10 105/28/20/2614/984/ SC W-N-NE CS LYR CLRG FRM N HAZY WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8/508/ 58005 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 11 HIGH 59 IN 1975 LOW -7 IN 1968 PRECIP 1.14 INS. IN 1956 WIND 95 MPH S IN 1980 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 12 HIGH 57 IN 1957 / 1913 LOW -15 IN 1886 PRECIP 1.46 INS IN 1900 WIND 84 MPH S IN 1980 Robert Skilling