<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY DECEMBER 09 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. VERY COLD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 8 DEGREES THIS MORNING... The coldest morning of the season today registered 8.0 degrees in the Hazen shelter. This was the climax of the cold spell than began on the first of the month. Yesterday averaged right on the normal but the first 8 days of December have averaged 9 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL. Very dry air today with dewpoints running from -8 to -15 degrees... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 12/9/2002 MON 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 55 342/8/-9/3111/054/ SC LYR OFFSHR NE-SE CI ALG DSNT SE-SSW HRZN/ 8/501/ 4/004 53036 10022 20008 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 363/12/-11/3110/060/ FEW SC OFFSHR NE-E CI DSNT SSE-S ALG HRZN/ 8/501/ 51021 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 CLR 75 349/19/-13/2206/056/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT E CI DSNT S ALG HRZN/ 8/501/ 58014 10019 20008 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 08 ... TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 40 MIN: 25 ASOS MAX: 40 ASOS MIN: 25 MEAN: 33 [ 0 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 41/26/33/ TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR DECEMBER TO DATE: - 72 degrees December is averaging 9 degrees colder than normal to date.... PRECIPITATION FOR 12/09 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR DECEMBER........0.47 IN. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.73 IN. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....0.0 INS. DECEMBER SNOWFALL.........6.6 INS. SEASONAL SNOWFALL........16.1 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...47.07 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-0.64 INS. WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 08 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 37 MPH WNW AT 10:16 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 37 MPH WNW AT 10:16 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 41 MPH WNW AT 10:16 P.M. DEC. 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL /SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher TSTM = thunderstorm day 12/1 35/21/28/-8/0/0/537/96/ 54 W Aerovane 53 MPH W 12/2 34/21/28/-8/000/00/006/01 29 SW 12/3 29/12/21/-14/0.08/1.2/... 44 NW 12/4 28/11/20/-15/0/0/.../.. 28 WNW 12/5 25/19/22/-13/.../../../.. 22 NNW 12/6 28/21/25/- 9/.../.../../.. 22 NNW 12/7 37/20/29/-5/0/0/.../../.. 37 SSW 12/8 40/25/33/0/0/0/.../../ 37 WNW Aerovane 41 MPH WNW 12/9 morning low temp. 8 degrees... RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 08 HIGH 62 IN 1966 LOW - 04 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.54 INCHES IN 1969 SNOWFALL 2.5 INS IN 2001 PEAK GUST 78e W IN 1979 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 09 HIGH 68 IN 1966 LOW -14 IN 1902 PRECIP 1.52 INS IN 1956 SNOWFALL 5.0 INS IN 1956 PEAK GUST 66 MPH SE IN 1973 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 10 HIGH 62 IN 1946 LOW - 06 IN 1902 PRECIP 1.67 INS IN 1907 SNOWFALL 6.0 INS IN 1905 PEAK GUST 66e SW IN 1940 Robert Skilling </x-flowed>