BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 SUNDAY DECEMBER 01 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 10 A.M. The month of November ended yesterday and took with it some trends that have been in progress for the past year. November marks the 2nd month in a row in which temperatures were below normal. Last time this happened were the months of May and June. Before that, we would have to refer to last years data. Also, 7.12 inches of liquid precipitation fell, driving BHO to 2.63 inches above normal for the month and finally, 0.09 inches above normal for the year. Today features partly to mostly cloudy skies under SC and CU with gusty winds and very cool temperatures. Wind gusts today have reached 45 MPH from the west as temperatures keep dropping through the lower 30's into the upper 20's. Visibility is currently 70 miles and increasing. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 12/01/2002 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 80 SCT 12 SCT 55 953/31/21/2618G26/939/ FEW CI E PK WND 2628/1143/ 8/545 4/001 53024 10035 20031 10 A.M BHO SA 1455 40 BKN 70 975/31/17/2626G38/945/ FEW CI NW-NE VSBY INCRSING W OVC W PK WND 2638/1439 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 44 MIN: 34 ASOS MAX: 44 ASOS MIN: 34 MEAN: 39 [+ 2] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 44/29/37 NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 39 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL NOVEMBER AVERAGED 1.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL PER DAY PRECIPITATION FOR 12/01 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 IN TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 IN TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 7.12 IN [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+2.63 IN ASOS NOVEMBER TOTAL.......6.75 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....0.0 IN NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........8.2 IN SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........9.5 IN PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...46.60 IN DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....+0.09 IN WIND DATA FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 25 MPH S AT 4:43 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH S AT 4:39 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH S AT 4:30 P.M. NOV. 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL STARTING 11/6/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher TSTM = thunderstorm day 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/428/69/ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ 11/2 38/23/31/-15/T/T/618/100/ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/523/85/ 20 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/215/35/ 27 SSW 11/5 46/33/40/-5/0/513/84/ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 40/26/33/-12/T/T/411/68/ 48 WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW 11/8 57/26/42/-2/0/0/591/98/ 41 SSW 11/9 61/45/53/+9/0/0/054/09/ 33 SW 11/10 69/51/60/+16/0.05/0/173/29/ 50 S Aerovane 58 MPH S 11/11 66/56/61/+18/0.13/0/000/00/ 44 S Aerovane 47 MPH S 11/12 57/45/51/+8/0.90/0/018/03/ 40 NE Aerovane 43 MPH NE 11/13 45/41/43/0/0.80/0/000/00/ 32 NNE Aerovane 34 MPH NNE 11/14 49/34/40/-2/0/0/578/98/ 30 NW Aerovane 33 MPH NW 11/15 59/43/51/+9/0/0/387/66/ 31 SW 11/16 46/34/40/-2/0.70/T/000/00/ 43 NE Aerovane 44 MPH NE 11/17 43/32/38/-3/1.79/0/000/00/ 59 ENE Aerovane 60 MPH ENE 11/18 39/31/35/-6/0.24/T/046/08/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W [ early morning glaze ] 11/19 41/29/35/-6/0/0/006/01/ 18 ESE 11/20 55/36/46/+6/0/0/571/99/ 20 S 11/21 51/39/45/+5/0.01/0/000/00/ 20 SSE 11/22 46/39/43/+3/0.64/0/000/00/ 22 NE 11/23 44/32/38/-1/0.01/T/263/46/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W 11/24 45/30/38/-1/0/0/467/82/ 46 W Aerovane 50 MPH W 11/25 47/32/40/+1/0.02/0/112/20/ 21 N 11/26 43/33/38/0/T/0/459/81/ 25 NNW 11/27 34/17/26/-12/0.66/7.4/000/00/ 30 NW Aerovane 34 MPH NW 11/28 27/13/20/-17/0/0/.../../ 33 WNW Aerovane 37 MPH WNW 11/29 34/21/28/-10/0.04/0.8/.../.../ 35 SSW 11/30 44/34/39/-2/0/0/.../../ 25 S RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 1 HIGH 70 IN 2001 LOW 3 IN 1887 PRECIP 1.46 INCHES IN 1917 SNOWFALL 2.0 INCHES IN 1902 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NW IN 1964 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 2 HIGH 61 IN 1998 LOW 3 IN 1890 PRECIP 2.09 INCHES IN 1974 SNOWFALL 5.0 INCHES IN 1894,1929 PEAK GUST 89e MPH SSE IN 1942 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 3 HIGH 61 IN 1932,1950 LOW -1 IN 1890 PRECIP 2.10 INCHES IN 1986 SNOWFALL 6.0 INCHES IN 1963 PEAK GUST 73e MPH W IN 1942 e = ESTIMATED Andrew Hoell