BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY JANUARY 14 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....1/14/2001 @ 1 P.M. FINALLY A GOOD WINTER STORM..... SUNDAY'S TOTAL SNOWFALL 6.0 INCHES AT THE SUMMIT....ABOUT HALF THAT AT BASE OF HILL... MELTED PRECIP. 1.02 INCHES IN BOTH STANDARD, ASOS, AND WEIGHING GAGE. A good average of 6 inches was measured this morning here at the summit. Since temperatures were very close to freezing 31 to 32 degrees throughout the snowfall part of the event which was about 90% of it, the ASOS melted precipitation total was as accurate as it could be and agreed perfectly with the standard gage and recording weighing gage. The was really no evaporation in the heated tipping bucket of ASOS. Wind gusts varied from only 61 mph on ASOS to 73 MPH on Maestro, 68 MPH on NWS 420C recorder, 68 MPH on Aerovane and 67 MPH on Merlin (Maximum, Inc. ) Highest winds were during late afternoon and early evening. The lowest pressure for the storm was 29.10 inches at 12:20 p.m. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 1/14/2002 MON 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 60 150/27/14/2716G25/997/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT ENE-E CI ESE-SW TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 6.0 INS/ 8/501/ 4/006 51040 10029 20026 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 185/30/16/2915G21/008/ FEW CI OVHD AND SSE-SW/ PK WND 2926/40/ 8/001/ 51035 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E140 BKN 170 OVC 80 185/34/16/2712/008/ FEW ACSL W HIER CLDS VSB OVC PTLY THN BINOVC DSNT NE-SSE SNW VIRGA/ 8/071/ 50000 10035 20026 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY JANUARY 13..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 38 MIN: 30 // ASOS MAX: 38 ASOS MIN: 30 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 34/18 MEAN 34 [+ 8] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 73 JANUARY IS AVERAGING 5.5 DEG WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/14 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . . 0.90 IN. ASOS......................0.90 IN. STORM TOTAL BOTH ASOS AND STD GAGE: 1.02 INS. JAN. TOTAL................2.17 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL.......... 0.17 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 2.17 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 01/14 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 6.0 INS. JAN. TOTAL................8.0 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 18.1 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/13... PEAK GUST ASOS: 61 MPH W AT 7:24 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 68 MPH W AT 4:57 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 68 MPH W AT 4:57 P.M. JANUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 1/01 32/17/25/-2/0/0/533/97/ 38 W 1/02 36/18/27/0/0/0/.../../ 31 W 1/03 36/22/29/+2/0/0/.../../ 30 W 1/04 33/20/27/0/0/0/.../../ 29 NNW 1/05 39/27/33/+6/0/0/.../../ 25 W 1/06 46/29/38/+12/0.50/0/.../../ 45 NE 1/07 39/26/33/+7/0.44/1.5/000/00/ 43 NE 1/08 32/17/25/-1/0.03/0.5/.../../ 25 SW 1/09 37/25/31/+5/T/T/.../../ 32 SW 1/10 47/35/41/+15/0/0/.../../ 37 W 1/11 41/33/37/+11/0.18/T/.../../ 35 W 1/12 40/31/36/+10/0/0/.../../ 32 WNW 1/13 38/30/34/+8/1.02/6.0/.../../ 68 MPH W (Aero 68 MPH W ) 1/14 morning lo temp. 26; normal lo is 18 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 14 HIGH 65 IN 1995 LOW -12 IN 1914 PRECIP 1.11 INS 1921 SNOWFALL: 9.0 INS. 1999 PEAK GUST 68 MPH WNW IN 1976 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 15 HIGH 64 IN 1995 LOW -16 IN 1957 PRECIP 2.63 INS 1958 SNOWFALL: 8.8 INS. 1983 PEAK GUST 69e MPH SE IN 1940 e = estimated Robert Skilling