Return-Path: <mdouglas@bluehill.org> Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAE00718; Fri, 11 May 2001 11:16:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALV60539; Fri, 11 May 2001 11:15:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010511104116.00aa3670@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: mdouglas.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:17:51 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Matthew Douglas <mdouglas@bluehill.org> Subject: BLUE HILL MA 111100 -SCT 30 78/37/N-10/2996F/ LO 58 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 FRIDAY MAY 11 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced. All of our daily May data is contained on this page below. DAILY DISCUSSION....11 A.M. 5/11/2001 NO RAIN..... The extremely dry weather pattern continues with just 0.02 rain since April 18. SUNSHINE WAY ABOVE NORMAL SINCE MID APRIL.... Sunshine abounds with 89% through the first 8 days of May and a whopping 75% for the past 24 days beginning April 14. THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 30 149/63/42/3113G18/997/ LWR CI LYR NNE-SE HAZY/ 8/007/ 51010 10063 20058 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 350 -SCT 30 146/78/37/3609/996/ WND L/V/ HAZY/ 8/001/ 58003 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY MAY 10 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 81 MIN 47 // ASOS MAX 81 ASOS MIN 46 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 65/45 MEAN 64 [+ 9] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 108 degrees May is averaging 11 degrees warmer than normal for the first 10 days... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/11/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00 THE MONTH OF MAY: 0.01 [ - 1.27 INS.] YEAR: 20.49 [ + 2.43 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 23 MPH NW AT 4:57 P.M. PEAK GUST: 24 MPH NW AT 4:56 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH NW at 2:14 P.M. DAILY MAY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 85/58/72/+20/0/786/93/ 28 E 2 92/62/77/+25/0/796/94/ 24 WNW 3 92/66/79/+27/0/782/92/ 32 W 4 90/66/78/+25/0/699/82/ 28 WNW 5 71/45/58/+5/0.01/418/49/ 30 NNE 6 54/38/46/-7/0/839/98/ 30 ENE 7 68/35/52/-2/0/859/100/ 24 S 8 72/39/56/+2/0/862/100/ 27 S 9 74/45/60/+6/0/.../.../ 24 SW 10 81/47/64/+9/0/.../.../ 24 NW RECORDS FOR MAY 11 HIGH 90 IN 1993 LOW 28 IN 1900 PRECIP 1.28 INS 1957 WIND 75e MPH NW IN 1945 RECORDS FOR MAY 12 HIGH 87 IN 1959 LOW 29 IN 1907 PRECIP 1.49 INS 1968 WIND 76 MPH S IN 1974 MFD