BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY AUGUST 26 2002 DISSCUSSION.....8/26/2002 The cooler weather continues to dominate the region as the past 3 days have been below normal temperature-wise. This recent cool weather has had little effect on the total departure for the month, which continues to stand at 121 degrees above normal. That boils down to almost 5 degrees above normal for each day to date. The weather today can be classified as tranquil. Winds are light, visibility is relatively high, and clouds are moderate under cirrus and cumulus. Since Saturday, our ASOS sensors have been broken causing us to loose temperature, dewpoint, and sea-level pressure. When they will be repaired by the NWS is uncertain at this time. It is interesting to note that our dewpoint sensor was repaired last Friday before the complete meltdown on Saturday. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.....8/26/2002 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 25 165/65/58/3107/002/ FEW SC AT 55 HND ALQDS VSBY N-E 20 WNW 50 THN K LYR ALG HRZN W-N HAZY ALQDS/ 8/501/ 51017 10065 20061 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 40 165/76/56/1806/002/ FEW SML CU FRMG W-NW THN K LYR W-NE VSBY WNW 50 NE-E 20 WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/101/ 50000 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 60 FEW 220 SCT 250 -BKN 50 155/82/56/2512/999/ FEW CU FRMG E-SW/ 8/101/ 57010 10083 20065 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 25TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 78 MIN: 55// ASOS MAX: NA ASOS MIN: NA NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 77/59/68 MEAN: 67 [- 1] TOAL DEP. FOR AUGUST IS +121 DEGREES AUGUST AVERAGES +4.8 DEGREES PER DAY TOTAL DEP. FOR JULY WAS + 27 DEG. JULY AVERAGED 0.6 DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION....ON 08/26 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. AUGUST TOTAL..............1.68 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-1.54 INS. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL.........1.67 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...29.47 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.16 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 16 MPH W AT 11:28 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 18 MPH W AT 11:28 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 19 MPH W AT 12:50 P.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/+9/0.00/815/94/ 21 SSW 8/2 89/66/78/+6/0.39/545/63/ 41 W TSTM 8/3 90/66/78/+6/0.00/698/81/ 15 SE 8/4 91/68/80/+8/0.00/722/84/ 21 SSW 8/5 90/71/81/+9/0.00/438/51/ 29 WSW 8/6 72/58/65/-7/0.00/659/77/ 39 NW 8/7 79/56/68/-4/0.00/794/93/ 25 NW 8/8 80/58/69/-3/0.00/723/85/ 23 NW 8/9 80/58/69/-2/0.00/798/94/ 22 SSW 8/10 87/61/74/+3/0.00/652/77/ 22 WSW 8/11 93/64/79/+8/0.00/730/95/ 23 S 8/12 93/63/79/+8/0.00/657/78/ 21 SSW 8/13 98/72/85/+14/0.00/663/79/ 25 S 8/14 99/73/86/+16/0.00/720/86/ 27 SSW 8/15 91/69/80/+10/0.00/626/75/ 28 S 8/16 92/73/83/+13/0.00/307/37/ 24 S 8/17 94/72/83/+13/0.00/754/91/ 23 WSW 8/18 93/75/84/+15/0.00/586/71/ 27 S 8/19 90/71/81/+12/0.00/354/43/ 24 W 8/20 75/62/69/+-0/0.66/369/45/ 23 NNW 8/21 79/61/70/+1/0.00/.../../ 21 ENE 8/22 79/62/71/+2/0.23/.../../ 29 S 8/23 68/57/63/-6/0.07/.../../ 33 NNE 8/24 66/56/60/-9/0.00/.../../ 20 NNE 8/25 78/55/67/-1/0.01/.../../ 17 W 8/26 MORNING LOW 61 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 26 HIGH 96 IN 1900,1948 LOW 46 IN 1885 PRECIP 5.85 IN 1924 PEAK GUST 55e NNW IN 1947 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 27 HIGH 99 IN 1948 LOW 44 IN 1885 PRECIP 2.77 IN 1946 PEAK GUST 48 NW IN 1983 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 28 HIGH 95 IN 1948 LOW 43 IN 1885 PRECIP 1.80 IN 1922 PEAK GUST 87 SSE IN 1971 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 29 HIGH 95 IN 1953 LOW 41 IN 1982 PRECIP 2.88 IN 1962 PEAK GUST 70e S IN 1949 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Andrew Hoell