BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 07 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....2/7/2002 @ 1 P.M. TEMPERATURES HEADED BACK ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN AFTER JUST ONE DAY THAT AVERAGED COLDER THAN NORMAL.... Very quiet weather for early February continues today. No snowfall for the month to date and very little precipitation, all of it 0.36 inch on the 1st. Temperatures are headed above normal again after just one day on the negative side of normal. The first six days averaged one degree above normal. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY... 2/7/2002 THU 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E160 OVC 10 171/31/24/1911/003/ HIER CLDS VSB THN SPTS IOVC HAZY/ 8/077/ 55012 10031 20029 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E100 OVC 10 157/34/27/1910/999/ VSBY SE 8 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/02// 58014 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E130 OVC 20 123/40/24/1912/989/ FEW LWR AC W-N VIRGA E-S SUN DMLY VSB HAZY/ 8/07// 58034 10040 20030 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 06.... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 37 MIN: 19 // ASOS MAX: 37 ASOS MIN: 19 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 35/19 MEAN 28 [+ 1] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE: + 8 degrees February is averaging 1 degree WARMER than normal daily... PRECIPITATION....ON 02/07 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........0.36 IN. STD. GAGE ASOS FEB. TOTAL...........0.32 IN. JAN. TOTAL................3.65 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-1.13 IN. JAN. ASOS TOTAL...........3.46 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 4.01 IN. (std. gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.67 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 02/06 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. FEB. TOTAL................0.0 INS. JAN. TOTAL...............15.7 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 25.8 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 02/06... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH NW AT 11:48 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 31 MPH NW AT 11:48 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH NW AT 11:48 A.M. FEBRUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 2/01 37/31/34/+8/0.36/0/000/00/ 53 W 2/02 34/18/26/0/0/0/506/84/ 63 WNW 1/03 35/17/26/+0/0/0/508/84/ 36 SSW 1/04 38/24/31/+5/0/0/522/86/ 36 NW 1/05 27/15/21/-6/0/0/500/82/ 42 NW 1/06 37/19/28/+1/0/0/601/98/ 31 W 1/07 morning low 29 degrees; normal low 19 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 07 HIGH 51 IN 1951,1953 LOW - 8 IN 1910 PRECIP 2.12 INS 1983 SNOWFALL: 17.1 INS. 1978 PEAK GUST 87e MPH SSE IN 1951 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 08 HIGH 60 IN 1933 LOW - 9 IN 1934 PRECIP 2.50 INS 1945 SNOWFALL: 11.0 INS. 1891 PEAK GUST 63e NE MPH IN 1945 e = estimated Robert Skilling