BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY APRIL 03 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....4/3/2002 STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING... Gusty S and SSW winds to over 30 MPH and even past 40 MPH around 7 a.m. this morning have been importing milder and more humid air today. The temperature had reached the lower 60's early this afternoon with dewpoint of 53 degrees. There's lots of haze reducing visibility to only 10 miles. A light rain shower occurred around 2:30 a.m. this morning as the warm was arriving. Only a trace of precipitation was recorded. TODAY'S OBS..... 4/3/2002 WED 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 16 SCT 23 SCT 130 SCT E220 OVC 10 107/54/49/1823G32/985/ 23 SCT V BKN FEW SML THN SPTS IOVC OVHD-N THN F ALQDS PK WND 1834/29/ 8/547/ 58014 6000/ 10054 20044 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E11 OVC 10 103/57/52/2020G30/983/ THN FH ALQDS PK WND 2030/48/ 8/6/// 58004 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E18 OVC 10 083/62/53/2120G31/978/ BINOVC HAZY PK WND 2130/54/ 8/5/// 58020 10062 20054 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY APRIL 2... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... MAX : 59 MIN: 33 // ASOS MAX: 58 ASOS MIN: 33 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 51/33 MEAN 46 [ + 4 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MARCH: + 85 degrees MARCH AVERAGED 2.4 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 04/03 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . TRACE ASOS......................0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR APRIL TO DATE...1.02 INS. STD GAGE TOTAL FOR MARCH . .......4.25 INS. STD. GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL.........-0.54 INS. ASOS MARCH TOTAL..........4.01 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 11.22 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-2.71 INS. SNOWFALL.... ON 04/03 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. MARCH TOTAL...............6.8 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 39.0 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/02... PEAK GUST ASOS: 32 MPH W AT 12:57 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 37 MPH W AT 12:57 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 38 MPH W AT 12:57 A.M. APRIL 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system 4/1 56/38/47/+6/1.02/0/244/32/ 54 W 4/2 59/33/46/+4/0/0/582/76/ 37 W 4/3 morning lo temp. 43 deg; NORMAL 33 RECORDS FOR APRIL 03 HIGH 76 IN 1892 LOW 16 IN 1894 PRECIP 2.18 INS 1990 SNOWFALL: 8.0 INS. 1915 PEAK GUST 83e MPH NW IN 1977 RECORDS FOR APRIL 04 HIGH 71 IN 1950 LOW 12 IN 1954 PRECIP 1.45 IN IN 1987 SNOWFALL: 3.7 INS. IN 1975 PEAK GUST 80 MPH WNW IN 1963 e = estimated Robert Skilling