Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAC14283; Tue, 15 May 2001 12:51:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALW58276; Tue, 15 May 2001 12:51:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by smtp.harvard.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f4FGp2w29144; Tue, 15 May 2001 12:51:02 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010515123038.00af38c0@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 12:53:50 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 151100 OVC 30 RW- 51/31/NW14G20/2975S/LO 46R:T 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 TUESDAY MAY 15 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 5/15/2001 Few light showers and even a rumble of thunder Monday afternoon brings a scant 0.01 rainfall as measured in standard gage. ASOS did not report any measurable rain. Wind gusts reached 40 MPH NW TO NNW several times during the afternoon in the squally rain showers. SUNSHINE WAY ABOVE NORMAL FOR MAY.... We've recorded 81% of the possible sunshine for May through the 13th... Yesterday was our first cloudy day of the month to date with just 5% of the sunshine for Mothers Day. THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. 5/15/2001 TUE 8 a.m. mostly cloudy and view of 50 miles... temp. 50; wind nw 21 gusting 30 mph.... BHO SA 1155 E65 BKN 75 BKN 100 BKN 50 073/50/29/3118G26/975/ FEW ACSL VIRGA N-E-S AND HVY VIRGA NE-E VSBY SE 20 NW 75 PK WND 3129/13/ 8/570/ 58016 70001 10050 20046 11 a.m. cloudy with light rain showers and 30 miles visibility.... temp: 51; wind nw at 14 gusting to 20 mph....trace of rain... BHO SA 1455 E50 OVC 30RW- 074/51/31/3312G17/975/ RW VCNTY STN NE-SE VIRGA ALQDS VSBY ENE 15 WNW 45 RE25B54 PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/02// 51001 6000/ DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY MAY 14 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 66 MIN 42 // ASOS MAX 66 ASOS MIN 42 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 66/46 MEAN 54 [- 2] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 142 degrees May is averaging 10 degrees warmer than normal for the first 145days... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/15/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.01 THE MONTH OF MAY: 0.02 [ - 1.74 INS.] YEAR: 20.50 [ + 1.96 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 37 MPH NW AT 3:39 P.M. PEAK GUST: 37 MPH NW AT 3:39 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 40 MPH NW at 4:43 P.M. ** ** additional peak gust earlier 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/+6/0/795/92/ 24 SW 10 81/47/64/+9/0/823/95/ 24 NW 11 85/58/72/+17/0/746/86/ 24 SSE 12 88/58/73/+18/T/626/72/ 43 W 13 61/48/55/-1/0/044/05/ 32 NNW 14 66/42/54/-2/0.01/.../../ 37 NW 15 morning lo 46 RECORDS FOR MAY 15 HIGH 93 IN 1900 LOW 36 IN 1985/1947 PRECIP 1.63 INS 1978 WIND 53 MPH NE IN 1978 RECORDS FOR MAY 16 HIGH 90 IN 1951 LOW 30 IN 1936 PRECIP 2.63 INS 1954 WIND 56e MPH NW IN 1952 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling