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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2002

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org

DAILY DISCUSSION...


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 30 SCT 150 SCT 200 -SCT 30 167/27/22/2709/002/
8/571 53017 10032 20027

10 AM
BHO SA 1455 E30 OVC 35 177/34/22/3211/005/ BINOVC ALQDS WND
29V35/ 8/5// 52010

1 PM
BHO SA 1755 35 SCT 200 SCT 50 163/40/19/3107/001/ FEW CUFRA
WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/501 56014 10041 20027


WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22:
PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........37 MPH W AT 10:50 AM
                    AEROVANE.........37 MPH W AT 10:50 AM
                    ASOS.............35 MPH W AT 10:50 AM
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........15.8 MPH W
                    ASOS...........15.9 MPH

WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........27 MPH WNW AT 1:39 AM
                    AEROVANE..........26 MPH WNW AT 1:39 AM
                    ASOS..............24 MPH W AT 1:39 AM


TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

MAX.....46    NORMAL.....38    ASOS.....46 AT 1:05 PM
MIN.....32    NORMAL.....22    ASOS.....28 AT MIDNIGHT
MEAN....39    NORMAL.....30    DEP.....+9    DEP FOR MONTH....+127

The month is averaging more than 4 degrees above normal per day.

HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL:
HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............26    DEP.......-9
HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........695    DEP.....-127
HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3468    DEP.....-922
HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............4437    DIFF....-969


PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL.....
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....0.00 IN    DEP....-0.15 IN
                          ASOS.............0.00 IN
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........1.73 IN    DEP....-1.59 INS
                          ASOS.............1.65 IN
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........5.38 INS   DEP....-2.72 INS
                          ASOS.............4.90 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............2.9 INS  DEP....-7.1 INS
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..........28.7 INS  DEP...-10.5 INS


RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 23

HIGH   62 IN 1990
LOW    -8 IN 1907
PRE  1.48 INS IN 1967
SNOW 10.6 INS IN 1967
WIND   73 MPH WNW IN 1974

RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 24

HIGH   68 IN 1985
LOW   -11 IN 1894
PRE  3.10 INS IN 1969
SNOW 27.4 INS IN 1969
WIND   63 MPH NE IN 1998

Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and
precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001.

Mike Iacono


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