<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY APRIL 30 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....4/30/2002....2 P.M. STRETCH OF 8 DAYS COLDER THAN NORMAL...LEAVES MONTH ABOUT 2.6 DEGREES ON THE WARM SIDE OF NORMAL.... LIGHT PRECIPITATION YESTERDAY TOTALS 0.10 INCH FROM 8 A.M. YESTERDAY TILL THIS MORNING... The warmer than normal temperatures of earlier in April which saw a departure of almost 8 degrees at one point have decreased to only about 2.6 degreees on the plus side thru the 29th. Light precipitation yesterday and the monthly total is now 3.31 inches; normal for the month is 4.32 inches.... TODAY'S OBS.... 4/30/2002 TUE 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 E4 BKN 120 BKN 250 OVC 20 105/36/36/3107/984/ CIG RGD PTCHS STRA DRFTG BLO SMT OTHN SPTS AND OCNL BINOVC VSBY SE-SW 15 NE-SE 25/ 8/631/ 51017 6000/ 70010 10036 20033 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 30 SCT 250 SCT 55 102/46/33/3110/983/ FEW MDT CU/ 8/201/ 58003 BHO SA 1755 60 SCT E65 OVC 55 090/51/26/2606/980/ BINOVC ALQDS CLR SKY OFFSHR NE-SE/ 8/400/ 56012 THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY APRIL 29.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....EST MAX : 41 MIN: 33 // ASOS MAX: 41 ASOS MIN: 33 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 60/41 MEAN 37 [ -15 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR APRIL TO DATE: +83 degrees... THE APRIL TEMPERATURE IS 2.6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 04/30 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.10 INS ASOS......................0.09 INS. TOTAL FOR APRIL TO DATE...3.31 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.88 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 13.51 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.31 INS. SNOWFALL.... ON 04/30 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......1.3 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 40.3 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/29... PEAK GUST ASOS: 31 MPH NNE AT 12:21 A.M. EST PEAK GUST 420C: 37 MPH NNE AT 12:21 A.M. EST PEAK GUST AERO: 35 MPH NNE AT 12:21 A.M. EST 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/-2/0/0/694/90/ 31 WNW 4/5 44/26/35/-8/0.02/0.6/410/53/ 22 NNW 4/6 45/28/37/-6/T/T/389/50/ 31 NW 4/7 46/23/35/-8/0/0/741/95/ 29 NNW 4/8 55/36/46/+2/0.01/0/023/03/ 32 S 4/9 69/46/58/+14/T/0/440/56/ 46 SSW 4/10 65/47/56/+12/0.12/0/638/81/ 32 NW 4/11 52/38/45/0/0/0/751/95/ 28 E 4/12 65/37/51/+6/0/0/746/94/ 40 S 4/13 74/53/64/+19/T/0/207/26/ 40 SW 4/14 76/53/65/+19/0.06/0/647/81/ 39 W 4/15 62/44/53/+7/0.10/0/209/26/ 22 SSW 4/16 86/44/65/+19/0/0/539/67/ 21 SSW 4/17 93/51/72/+25/0/0/646/80/ 51 NE (new daily record max. temp. ) 4/18 72/45/59/+12/0.17/0/583/72/ 24 NNW 4/19 78/44/61/+14/0.02/0/260/32/ 31 SSW 4/20 68/45/57/+9/T/0/196/24/ 27 N 4/21 56/40/48/0/0/0/450/55/ 33 WNW 4/22 40/35/38/-11/0.27/T/000/00/ 30 E 4/23 44/31/38/-11/0.02/T/.../../ 24 NW 4/24 54/33/44/-5/0/0/761/92/ 22 E 4/25 57/32/45/-5/0.75/0.7/.../../ 42 S 4/26 50/31/41/-9/0/0/.../../ 46 WNW 4/27 58/32/45/-5/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 4/28 47/37/42/-9/0.44/0/000/00/ 47 ESE 4/29 41/33/37/-15/0.14/0/000/00/ 37 NNE 4/30 morning lo 33 degrees.... RECORDS FOR APRIL 30 HIGH 86 IN 1942 LOW 30 IN 1931 PRECIP 1.41 INS 1991 SNOWFALL: 0.3 INS. IN 1909 PEAK GUST 64e MPH NW IN 1978 e = estimated Robert Skilling </x-flowed>