BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY FEBRUARY 11 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....2/11/2002 @ 1 P.M. TODAY'S SNOW AND YESTERDAY'S BIG WINDS... This morning's snowfall measured 1.3 inches and last evening a peak gust of 68 MPH was recorded by Aerovane at 10:17 p.m. Maximum, Inc. Maestro had 70 mph... ASOS came in at 60 MPH. All peak directions from the south.... The month is now 4 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... WHERE IS WINTER THIS YEAR? Some had forecast February to be colder and stormier!! Even if February averaged 1 degrees colder than normal THIS WILL BECOME THE WARMEST WINTER ON OUR 118 YEAR RECORD.... The low temp. for the entire winter to date is 15 degrees; the record highest minimum for any winter is 6 degrees!!!! OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY... 2/11/2002 MON BHO SA 1155 32 SCT E45 OVC 55 993/40/39/2809/951/ CUFRA/CU DSNT ENE-S-SW SML BINOVC/HIER CLDS VSB DSNT E-SE VIRGA DSNT W-NW/ 8/8/// 53008 6023/ 70063 10051 20049 BHO SA 1455 E5 OVC 21/2IP-S-F 016/34/34/3214G26/958/ VSBY LWRG ALQDS VSBY E 3 SB40RE50IPB50/ 8/7/// 53023 6002/ BHO SA 1755 40 SCT E65 OVC 50 049/27/20/3218G29/967/ FEW LWR CUFRA BINOVC/THN SPTS IOVC NW-N VIRGA E-S VSBY SE-S 15 NW 80 PK WND 3229/52/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 1.3 INS/ 8/8/// 51033 6016/ 10040 20026 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10.... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 51 MIN: 25 // ASOS MAX: 51 ASOS MIN: 25 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 35/19 MEAN 38 [+ 11] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE: + 41 degrees February is averaging 4 degrees WARMER than normal daily... PRECIPITATION....ON 02/11 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . 0.63 IN. ASOS......................0.63 IN. TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........0.99 IN. STD. GAGE ASOS FEB. TOTAL...........0.95 IN. JAN. TOTAL................3.65 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-1.13 IN. JAN. ASOS TOTAL...........3.46 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 4.64 IN. (std. gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.63 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 02/10... PEAK GUST ASOS: 60 MPH S AT 10:17 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 63 MPH S AT 10:17 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 68 MPH S AT 10:17 P.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 1/08 N/A 1/9 N/A 1/10 51/25/38/+11/0.13/0.0/.../../ 63 S RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 11 HIGH 60 IN 1981 LOW - 10 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.07 INS 1955 SNOWFALL: 9.6 INS. 1933 PEAK GUST 95 MPH S IN 1981 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 12 HIGH 56 IN 1999 LOW - 14 IN 1914 PRECIP 4.85 INS 1886 SNOWFALL: 11.0 INS. 1983 PEAK GUST 70 E MPH IN 1985 e = estimated Robert Skilling