Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAD09282; Thu, 24 May 2001 14:29:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALZ02862; Thu, 24 May 2001 14:29:21 -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 f4OIT2V11249; Thu, 24 May 2001 14:29:02 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010524140836.00aa8100@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:29:38 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 241400 BKN 30 60/49/E15G25/3010R/R:0.19/ 6 HRS 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 MAY 24 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....2 P.M 5/24/2001 AND THE SHOWERY RAINS CONTINUE.... This time thunderstorms were observed this morning and 0.42 inch fell in just one hour between 5 and 6 a.m. The total rainfall today from midnight through 2 p.m. is 0.67 inch and this combines with 0.78 for yesterday for a 2-day total of 1.45 inches. Peak wind gust in early morning thunderstorm was 38 MPH NE about 5:30 a.m. with a fastest 2-minute wind of 30 mph NE. Please see some stats about the big May 25, 1967 storm at the bottom of this page. THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 5/24/2001 THU 8 a.m. broken clouds with 5 miles view in fog... temp. 50 and wind ne at 15 gsting 23 mph 0.54 rainfall past 24 hours... BHO SA 1155 3 -SCT 40 SCT E80 BKN 5F 175/50/49/0513G20/005/ DRK/CB E-ESE MOVG NE STRA DRFTG OVR/BLO SMT VSBY N 1 E 3 SE-SW 15 RB15E35/ 8/990/ 55003 6049/ 70054 10050 20049 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 3 SCT E40 BKN 70 OVC 2R-F 180/49/49/0618G24/006/ DRK/CB N-E MOVG NE TB05E20 DSSPTD STRA DRFTG OVR/BLO SMT BINOVC AND HIER CLDS VSBL S-W VSBY N-NE 1 PK WND 0528/39/ 8/961/ 50005 6016/ 2 p.m. a shower to our southwest....60 deg. wnd: e 15 gusting to 25 mph.... BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 70 SCT E90 BKN 120 BKN 200 BKN 30 193/60/49/0913G22/010/ CB SW-WSW MOVG NNE RW12 W-WSW VSBY SW-WSW 15 WNW 45 CB TOPS DSNT NE-E ACSL W-NW AC CHAOTIC AND ACC AND DENSE CI PRSNT PK WND 1029/30/ 8/992/ 53013 6019/ 10062 20049 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 23... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 65 MIN 49 // ASOS MAX 65 ASOS MIN 49 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 69/49 MEAN 57 [- 2] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 108 degrees May is averaging 4.5 degrees warmer than normal for the first 23 days.. PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/24/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.54 IN THE MONTH OF MAY: 1.58 [ - 1.26 INS.] YEAR: 22.06 [ + 2.44 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 30 MPH ESE AT 7:34 A.M. PEAK GUST: 30 MPH ESE AT 7:34 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH ESE at 7:34 A.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/+6/0/795/92/ 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 (Aero 46 MPH W ) 13 61/48/55/-1/0/044/05/ 32 NNW 14 66/42/54/-2/0.01/621/71/ 37 NW 15 55/46/51/-5/0.03/009/01/ 32 NE (Aero 35 MPH NE ) 16 47/45/46/-11/0.20/000/00/ 39 NE (Aero 40 MPH NE) 17 60/46/53/-4/0/009/01/ 16 SSE 18 59/46/53/-4/0.01/035/04/ 29 S 19 75/47/61/+3/0/0/522/59/ 32 ENE 20 64/46/55/-3/0/0/700/79/ 20 NE 21 66/48/57/-1/0/0/.../../ 24 ESE 22 53/49/51/-7/0.78/000/00/ 29 NE 23 65/49/57/-2/0.05/.../../ 30 NE RECORDS FOR MAY 24 HIGH 92 IN 1964 LOW 35 IN 1956 PRECIP 2.13 INS 1951 WIND 50e MPH NNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR MAY 25 HIGH 89 IN 1981 LOW 37 IN 1967 (AND A RECORD LOW MAX THAT DAY OF 42 ) PRECIP 3.73 INS 1967 (AND A TRACE OF SLEET!) WIND 83 MPH NE IN 1967 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling