<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....2/22/2002 @ 1 P.M. FEBRUARY NOW +5.4 WARMER THAN NORMAL AFTER +22 YESTERDAY.... The record breaking warm winter continues to get even warmer... Maybe the last two days of the month will bring below normal temps. but so far only 4 days have a negative departure.... during January there were only 3 such days....! TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 2/22/2002 FRI BHO SA 1155 E150 BKN 25 081/37/32/2515/977/ FEW ACCAS W-NW HAZY/ 8/080/ 51004 10044 20036 BHO SA 1755 E35 OVC 50 089/46/30/2718G26/979/ OVC V BKN PK WND 2727/44/ 8/5/// 58002 6000/ 10046 20037 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21.... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 56 MIN: 45 // ASOS MAX: 56 ASOS MIN: 45 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 37/21 MEAN 51 [+22] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE: + 118 degrees February is averaging 5.4 degrees WARMER than normal daily... PRECIPITATION....ON 02/22 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........1.73 IN. STD. GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL.........-1.44 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 5.38 IN. (std. gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-2.57 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 02/22 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 IN. FEB. TOTAL................2.9 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 28.7 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 02/21... PEAK GUST ASOS: 36 MPH SSE AT 12:55 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 36 MPH SSE AT 12:54 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 36 MPH SSE AT 12:54 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 2/03 35/17/26/+0/0/0/508/84/ 36 SSW 2/04 38/24/31/+5/0/0/522/86/ 36 NW 2/05 27/15/21/-6/0/0/500/82/ 42 NW 2/06 37/19/28/+1/0/0/601/98/ 31 W 2/07 41/29/35/+8/0/0/049/08/ 24 SSW 2/08 45/29/37/+10/0/0/617/100/ 36 NW 2/09 37/24/31/+4/0/0/608/98/ 30 NW 2/10 51/25/38/+11/0.13/0/.../../ 63 S (Aero 68 mph S) 2/11 51/11/31/+4/0.66/0/075/12/ 58 SSW 2/12 39/9/24/-4/0/0/.../../ 50 SSW 2/13 36/16/26/-2/T/T/.../../ 46 W 2/14 34/12/23/-5/0/0/.../../ 27 SSW 2/15 46/28/37/+9/0/0/.../../ 43 S 2/16 54/39/47/+19/0/0/.../../ 28 SSW 2/17 40/31/36/+7/0.23/1.6/.../../ 39 N 2/18 39/26/33/+4/T/T/.../../ 42 N 2/19 49/23/36/+7/0/0/.../../ 21 W 2/20 53/37/45/+16/0/0/.../../ 37 SSE 2/21 56/45/51/+22/0.35/0/.../../ 36 SSE 2/22 morning lo temp. 37 deg. and morning high 46 deg. RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 22 HIGH 63 IN 1997 LOW -01 IN 1918 PRECIP 1.38 INS 1900 SNOWFALL: 8.0 INS. 1893 PEAK GUST 74 MPH S IN 1974 RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 23 HIGH 62 IN 1990 LOW -08 IN 1907 PRECIP 1.48 INS 1967 SNOWFALL: 10.6 INS. 1967 PEAK GUST 73 MPH WNW IN 1974 e = estimated Robert Skilling </x-flowed>