<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 07 2002 DAILY DISCUSSION...8/07/2002.....2 P.M. A nice cool Canadian airmass continues to arrive on west-northwest to northwest winds. Yesterday the peak gusts were near 40 MPH and dewpoints dropped into the middle and upper 40's during the afternoon. The afternoon high temperature was 72 degrees equaling the temperatures during the early morning hours before the cold front arrived at about 3 a.m. There was no radiational cooling overnight thus the summit had a low temp. of 56 degrees after a low of 58 for yesterday through midnight. At the Norwood airport the minimum was 59 degrees. Since 10 a.m. this morning till early this afternoon we have been observing a local smoke plume about 5 miles to our northeast by east from a fire that was burning near the Quincy-Milton line. There is no effect on our visibility from this fire. Visibility today is 70 miles as compared to 80 miles 24 hours ago. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.....8/07/2002 8/7/2002 WED 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 60 147/62/52/3112G17/996/ FEW SC ALG HRZN DSNT W-NW AND OFFSHR DSNT E FEW LWR DENSE CI S/ 8/502/ 53014 10061 20056 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 36 SCT 150 SCT 250 SCT 70 155/70/51/3112/999/ FEW AC DSNT NE FEW CI WNW AND DSNT SE-SSW/ 8/241/ 51008 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 70 151/75/49/3209G16/998/ MDT CU ALQDS CU XCPT DSNT NE-ESE WND 27V03/ 8/200/ 58004 10077 20062 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 06TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 72 MIN: 58// ASOS MAX: 72 ASOS MIN: 58 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 81/62 MEAN 65 [- 7] TOAL DEP. FOR AUGUST IS +29 DEG. AUGUST AVERAGES +5 DEGREES/DAY TOTAL DEP. FOR JULY WAS + 27 DEG. PRECIPITATION....ON 08/07 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. AUGUST TOTAL..............0.39 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-0.36 INS. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL.........0.39 INS. JULY ASOS TOTAL...........3.01 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...28.18 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-1.98 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...TUESDAY AUGUST 06, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 37 MPH NW AT 11:36 A.M EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 39 MPH NW AT 08:41 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 41 MPH NW AT 11:36 A.M. EDT AUGUST 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day 8/1 91/70/81/+9/0.00/.../../ 21 SSW 8/2 89/66/78/+6/0.39/.../../ 41 W / TSTM 8/3 90/66/78/+6/0.00/.../../ 15 SE 8/4 91/68/80/+8/0.00/.../../ 21 SSW 8/5 90/71/81/+9/0.00/.../../ 29 WSW 8/6 72/58/65/-7/0.00/.../../ 39 NW 8/7 MORNING LOW 56 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 7 HIGH 95 IN 1924 LOW 52 IN 1950,1964 PRECIP 3.32 IN 1926 PEAK GUST 51 NE IN 1975 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 8 HIGH 93 IN 1909,1949 LOW 47 IN 1903 PRECIP 3.08 IN 1976 PEAK GUST 45 WNW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 9 HIGH 100 IN 1949 LOW 49 IN 1899 PRECIP 2.65 IN 1976 PEAK GUST 90 SW IN 1968 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 10 HIGH 101 IN 1949 LOW 49 IN 1964 PRECIP 2.27 IN 1962 PEAK GUST 88e S IN 1976 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Andrew Hoell </x-flowed>