BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY APRIL 16 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....4/16/2002....2 P.M. VERY WARM BUT NOT A RECORD.... As of 2 p.m. the maximum temperature had reached 83 degrees here at the summit and was continuing to climb...the daily record though is 87 in 1896. OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM STILL OUT OF SERVICE THRU 2 P.M. TODAY... PLEASE NOTE: Our ASOS surface observation system has been out of service since early Saturday morning. The electronic technicians from NWS are currently working to try to get the system up and running. It's still not running as of 2 p.m. this afternoon. There have been some problems with modems and batteries and at least one board in the main CPU. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 4/16/2002 TUE 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 -X 0F 187/47/47/2008/008/ F9 SUN DMLY VSB/ 52017 10047 20044 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 300 -SCT 12 190/67/54/2505/009/ HAZY/ 8/001/ 52003 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 15 176/82/56/2108/005/ HAZY ALQDS VSBY WNW 20 WND 18V25/ 8/001/ 58014 10083 20047 THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY APRIL 15... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....EST MAX : 62 MIN: 44 // ASOS MAX: MM ASOS MIN: MM NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 55/37 MEAN 53 [+ 7 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR APRIL TO DATE: +74 deg. THE APRIL TEMPERATURE IS 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 04/16 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................M TOTAL FOR APRIL TO DATE...1.49 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.76 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 11.69 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.19 INS. SNOWFALL.... ON 04/16 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......0.6 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 39.6 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/15... PEAK GUST ASOS: MM MPH PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH S AT 5:17 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: MM MPH ** ** aero malfunction 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 (Aero 53 MPH W ) 4/2 59/33/46/+4/0/0/582/76/ 37 W 4/3 66/36/51/+9/0.16/0/138/18/ 43 S (Aero 45 MPH WNW ) 4/4 48/31/40/-2/0/0/.../../ 31 WNW 4/5 44/26/35/-8/0.02/0.6/.../../ 22 NNW 4/6 45/28/37/-6/T/T/.../../ 31 NW 4/7 46/23/35/-8/0/0/.../../ 29 NNW 4/8 55/36/46/+2/0.01/0/023/03/ 32 S 4/9 69/46/58/+14/T/0/.../../ 46 SSW 4/10 65/47/56/+12/0.12/0/.../../ 32 NW 4/11 52/38/45/0/0/0/.../../ 28 E 4/12 65/37/51/+6/0/0/.../../ 40 S 4/13 74/53/64/+19/T/0/.../../ 40 SW 4/14 76/53/65/+19/0.06/0/.../../ 39 W 4/15 62/44/53/+7/0.10/0/.../../ 22 SSW 4/16 morning lo temp. 44; HIGH THRU 2 P.M. 83 RECORDS FOR APRIL 16 HIGH 87 IN 1896 LOW 23 IN 1943 PRECIP 2.45 INS 1929 SNOWFALL: 2.0 INS. 1904,1962 PEAK GUST 63 MPH SSE in 1996 RECORDS FOR APRIL 17 HIGH 87 IN 1976 LOW 21 IN 1908 PRECIP 1.68 INS 1954 SNOWFALL: 1.0 INS. IN 1899 PEAK GUST 58 MPH NW IN 1994 e = estimated Robert Skilling