BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
MONDAY DECEMBER 30 2002

DISCUSSION TODAY AT 1 P.M.

Cold day today at BHO as well will most likely fall below our average 
temperature for this day of 35 degrees. Temperatures today remain in 
the 20's at the 1 P.M. observation as they have risen from a morning 
low of 19 degrees, which occurred a little after 7 A.M. this morning.

Skies have been mostly clear throughout the day for at 7 A.M. the only 
cloud in the sky was a lone lenticular cloud; however, cirrus have been 
moving in and now produce a thin overcast at this time.

Winds following the same pattern as days past which is very light. Winds 
today have not gusted above 20 MPH since around 9:30 this morning. The 
dominant wind direction for the day has been NW.


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 12/30/2002

7 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 E90 BKN 30 262/20/13/3012/030/
FEW ACSL SE FEW CU FRMING DSNT NE-E FEW AC S-SW WND BACKING HAZY/
8/540/ 4/006 53024 10025 20020

10 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 80 276/24/10/3211/034/
WND VEERING THN K LYR ALNG HRZN NW-E/ 8/001/ 51014

1 P.M.
BHO SA 1455 250 -BKN 70 264/29/9/3109/031/
THN K LYR ALNG HRZN ACSL W/ 8/041/ 56012 10029 20019


THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 29
TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EASTERN STANDARD TIME

MAX:      37       MIN: 24
ASOS MAX: 36  ASOS MIN: 24
MEAN:     31   [ 3 ]

NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 36/20/28

TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR DECEMBER TO DATE: -29 DEGREES

DECEMBER AVERAGES 1 DEGREE BELOW AVERAGE PER DAY


PRECIPITATION FOR 12/30 AS OF 7 A.M

24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00
TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00  IN
TOTAL FOR DECEMBER........6.76  IN(STD GAUGE)
ASOS DECEMBER TOTAL.......6.58  IN
DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE....+2.50 IN(STD GAUGE)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....TRACE
DECEMBER SNOWFALL.........21.5  IN
SEASONAL SNOWFALL........ 31.0  IN

PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...53.36 IN
DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE....+2.59 IN


WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 29 2002

PEAK GUST ASOS:   28 MPH NW  AT  12:05 P.M.
PEAK GUST AERO:   33 MPH NW  AT  2:03  P.M.
PEAK GUST 420C:   28 MPH NW  AT  2:03  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 significant
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/-14/0.08/1.2/547/98 44 NW   Aerovane 50 MPH NW
12/4  28/11/20/-15/0/0/522/94      28 WNW
12/5  25/19/22/-13/0.28/3.7/000/00 22 NNW
12/6  28/21/25/- 9/0.11/1.7/000/00 22 NNW
12/7  37/20/29/-5/0/0/540/98       37 SSW
12/8  40/25/33/0/0/0/391/71/       37 WNW  Aerovane 41 MPH WNW
12/9  25/8/17/-16/0/0/545/99/      35 NW   Aerovane 39 MPH NW
12/10 37/17/27/-6/0/0/307/56/      28 SW
12/11 40/25/33/+1/0.37/0/000/00    40 ENE  Aerovane 41 MPH ENE lightning in cloud late evening
12/12 38/33/36/+4/0.87/T/000/00    44 NE   Aerovane 46 MPH NE
12/13 44/32/38/+6/0.04/0/312/57    25 ENE
12/14 44/32/38/+7/1.94/0.2/000/00  53 ENE  Aerovane 53 MPH ENE
12/15 43/34/39/+8/0/0/480/88       42 WNW  Aerovane 45 MPH WNW
12/16 36/23/30/-1/0.41/3.7/000/00/ 31 N    Aerovane 36 MPH N
12/17 25/17/21/-10/T/T/441/81/     24 N
12/18 37/16/27/-3/0/0/.../../      21 NW
12/19 42/25/34/4/0/0/.../../       30 SW
12/20 59/37/48/18/1.07/0/.../../   75 S **  Aerovane 79 MPH S
12/21 43/32/38/8/T/T/.../../       40 WSW   Aerovane 46 MPH WSW
12/22 48/31/40/+11/0/0/.../../     32 SSW
12/23 42/32/37/+8/0/0/.../../
12/24 37/29/33/+4/0/0/.../../
12/25 36/25/31/+2/1.37/8.5/000/00/ 66 NE    Aerovane 69 MPH NE
12/26 31/21/26/-2/0.22/2.5/414/76  58 WNW   Aerovane 62 MPH WNW
12/27 32/19/26/-2/0/0/.../../      37 WNW
12/28 33/20/27/-1/0/0/.../../      21 W
12/29 37/24/31/3/T/T/.../../       28 NW
12/30 MORNING LOW 19 DEGREES

** a new record peak gust for December 20th
also new record snowfall 8.5 inches for 12/25 and
new record precip. for day of 1.37 inches.



RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 30
HIGH       60 IN 1984
LOW       -18 IN 1933
PRECIP     1.48 INCHES IN 1891
SNOWFALL   7.5  INCHES IN 1956
PEAK GUST  81 MPH WNW IN 1962

RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 31
HIGH       62 IN 1965
LOW       -12 IN 1917
PRECIP     0.96 INCHES IN 1906
SNOWFALL   6.0  INCHES IN 1886
PEAK GUST  78 MPH NW IN 1990

RECORDS FOR JANUARY 1
HIGH       58 IN 1966
LOW        -6 IN 1918
PRECIP     1.45 INCHES IN 1982
SNOWFALL   7.2 INCHES IN 1938
PEAK GUST  90e MPH S IN 1945

e = estimated

Today's report by: Andy Hoell

Happy Holidays from our observers:
Robert Skilling, Matt Douglas, Mike Iacono, Andrew Hoell