BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... COOL, DRY WEATHER TODAY PRECEDES RAIN ON SUNDAY.... Clear skies this morning have continued into afternoon, but clouds will move in later today. The morning low of 32 was close to freezing for the fifth straight day, and Friday was the fifth straight day to average below normal for temperature. This is the longest stretch of below normal temperatures since early November. We were not far above the record low for this morning of 28. MJI BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet. Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html The main page for this site is: http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html Today's observations: 8 AM BHO SA 1155 CLR 60 284/37/24/2707/037/ WND LGT/ 51014 10037 20032 11 AM BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 281/48/22/2908/036/ FEW CUFRA ALQDS FEW CI E WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/101 58003 2 PM BHO SA 1755 CLR 60 264/54/19/2712/031/ FEW SML CU AND CUFRA FEW CI NW-N/ 8/101 56017 10056 20037 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 26: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........46 MPH WNW AT 5:32 PM EDT AEROVANE.........44 MPH WNW AT 5:32 PM EDT ASOS.............43 MPH W AT 5:31 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........17.3 MPH, WNW ASOS...........16.7 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 27: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........30 MPH W AT 1:57 PM EDT AEROVANE..........29 MPH W AT 1:57 PM EDT ASOS..............28 MPH W AT 1:57 PM EDT TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 26 MAX.....50 NORMAL.....60 ASOS.....50 AT 3:06 PM EDT MIN.....31 NORMAL.....40 ASOS.....31 AT 6:35 AM EDT MEAN....41 NORMAL.....50 DEP.....-9 DEP FOR MONTH....+112 The month is averaging more than 7 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............24 DEP.......+9 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........400 DEP.....-105 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........4843 DEP....-1178 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............6081 DIFF...-1238 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.14 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........2.73 INS DEP....-1.07 INS ASOS.............2.44 INS * TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........12.93 INS DEP....-4.50 INS ASOS............12.12 INS * * ASOS precipitation is erroneous due to loose support and rocking in high winds and 4-day system outage. SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL... TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM.......0.0 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............1.3 IN DEP....-1.7 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..........40.3 INS DEP...-15.2 INS RECORDS FOR APRIL 27 HIGH 93 IN 1990 LOW 28 IN 1919 PRE 1.89 INS IN 1979 SNOW 2.7 INS IN 1993 WIND 65 MPH N IN 1941 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR APRIL 28 HIGH 92 IN 1990 LOW 26 IN 1947 PRE 2.41 INS IN 1904 SNOW 10.0 INS IN 1987 WIND 69 MPH NE IN 1967 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001. Mike Iacono