BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... WARMTH CONTINUES TODAY BEFORE BRIEF RETURN TO WINTER SUNDAY AND MONDAY....The high temperature of 54 so far is the highest of the month and well above the normal high of 36. The record for the date of 62 will not be challenged. The pressure is beginning to drop in advance of a storm approaching for Sunday. MJI BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet. Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html The main page for this site is: http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html Today's observations: 7 AM BHO SA 1155 70 SCT E100 OVC 12 117/40/40/1814/988/ FEW STFRA VCNTY STN/ 8/67/ 55000 10041 20039 10 AM BHO SA 1455 80 SCT E130 BKN 250 OVC 20 103/45/36/2013/984/ BINOVC ALQDS/ 8/071 58014 1 PM BHO SA 1755 35 SCT 120 SCT 250 -OVC 25 070/53/30/2113/974/ 8/571 58033 10054 20040 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........43 MPH SSW AT 6:18 PM AEROVANE.........42 MPH SSW AT 6:18 PM ASOS.............43 MPH SSW AT 11:29 AM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........22.2 MPH ASOS...........22.2 MPH SSW WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........28 MPH SSW AT 11:12 AM AEROVANE..........27 MPH SSW AT 11:18 AM ASOS..............26 MPH SSW AT 11:13 AM TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 MAX.....46 NORMAL.....36 ASOS.....46 AT 1:16 PM MIN.....28 NORMAL.....20 ASOS.....28 AT 4:50 AM MEAN....37 NORMAL.....28 DEP.....+9 DEP FOR MONTH....+43 The month is averaging about 3 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............28 DEP.......-9 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........527 DEP......-43 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3300 DEP.....-830 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............4168 DIFF....-868 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.14 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........1.15 IN DEP....-1.18 INS ASOS.............1.09 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........4.80 INS DEP....-2.31 INS ASOS.............4.55 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL... TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM.......0.0 IN DEP....-0.5 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............1.3 INS DEP....-5.5 INS TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..........25.8 INS DEP....-8.9 INS RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 16 HIGH 62 IN 1954 LOW -16 IN 1943 PRE 1.91 INS IN 1958 SNOW 18.6 INS IN 1958 WIND 78 MPH W IN 1967 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 17 HIGH 61 IN 1981 LOW -16 IN 1899 PRE 1.70 INS IN 1902 SNOW 11.0 INS IN 1902, 1903 WIND 72 MPH NW IN 1968 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001. Mike Iacono