BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....9/26/2001 RAINFALL YESTERDAY TOTALS ONLY 0.35 INCH.. FINALLY SOME DECENT WIND GUSTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.. Showers and thunderstorms yesterday afternoon dropped only 0.35" of rain. Areas to our west and east got significantly more with up to 4 inches reported in portions of Central Massachusetts. Wind gusts yesterday afternoon peaked over 50mph with an official gust of 55 MPH S at 1:40pm EDT. Here are some wind gust comparisons from our various wind systems... Aerovane............: 58 MPH NWS 420C............: 55 MPH Maximum Inc. Merlin.: 55 MPH ASOS................: 51 MPH Maximum Inc. Maestro: 50 MPH Skies have cleared out nicely this morning with dewpoints now into the upper 40s and pleasant temperatures mainly in the 60s. Should be a nice stretch of fall-like weather into the weekend, it is now fall afterall! TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/2VF 126/53/53/2613/990/ VSBY 1/2V1 SUN DMLY VSBL/ 8///// 53010 70035 10064 20052 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 50 129/61/49/2409/991/ FEW SC DSNT W FEW CU E-SE AC/DENSE CI LYR NNE-E-S/ 8/572/ 51003 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 74 MIN: 60 // ASOS MAX: 74 ASOS MIN: 60 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 68/50 MEAN 67 [ +8] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +81 degrees September is averaging 3.2 degrees warmer than normal daily. PRECIPITATION....ON 9/26 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.35 IN. ASOS..............................0.37 IN. SEPT. TOTAL TO DATE: 2.70 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 0.51 IN. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.06 {+ 5.40 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 9/25.. PEAK GUST ASOS: 51 MPH S AT 1:40 P.M. PEAK GUST: 55 MPH S AT 1:40 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 58 MPH S AT 1:40 P.M. DAILY SEPT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 9/1 77/55/66/+0/T/560/71/ 30 NW 9/2 71/50/61/-5/0/755/96/ 18 SSE 9/3 75/55/65/-1/0/767/98/ 25 S 9/4 79/56/68/+3/0.24/375/48/ 46 W (Aero 43 mph W)(Maximum, Inc. 46 MPH WNW) TSTM 9/5 72/55/64/-1/0/730/94/ 30 NNW . 9/6 75/50/63/-2/0/751/97/ 17 WSW 9/7 84/58/71/+6/0/733/95/ 24 SW 9/8 84/62/73/+9/0/615/80/ 25 SSW 9/9 85/65/75/+11/0/659/86/ 27 S 9/10 85/65/75/+11/0/649/85/ 27 S 9/11 79/60/69/+7/0/715/94/ 27 NW 9/12 75/54/65/+2/0/743/98/ 20 NW 9/13 84/56/70/+7/0.14/710/94/ 23 W TSTM 9/14 59/49/54/-8/0.37/000/00/ 44 W TSTM (Aero 47 MPH WNW) 9/15 64/44/54/-8/0/742/99/ 18 NNW 9/16 73/49/61/-1/0/732/98/ 16 SSW 9/17 73/52/63/+2/0/692/93/ 16 SSW 9/18 74/54/64/+3/0/667/90/ 18 ENE 9/19 68/57/63/+2/0/487/66/ 23 ENE 9/20 71/57/64/+3/0.01/000/00/ 32 SSE 9/21 68/62/65/+3/0.43/059/08/ 28 SSE 9/22 78/64/71/+11/1.16/.../../ 32 S 9/23 76/60/68/+8/0/.../../ 15 E 9/24 76/60/68/+9/0/.../../ 22 SE 9/25 74/60/67/+8/0.35/.../.. 55 S TSTM (Aero 58 MPH S) 9/26 Morning low 53 degrees RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 26 HIGH 87 IN 1958 LOW 36 IN 1905, 1922, 1978 PRECIP 3.84 INS 1888 PEAK GUST 54e S IN 1977 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 27 HIGH 84 IN 1998 LOW 32 IN 1947 PRECIP 2.26 INS 1962 PEAK GUST 100 MPH SSE IN 1985 (Hurricane Gloria) e = estimated MFD