BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY JANUARY 17 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....1/17/2001 @ 10 A.M. SNOW VISITS THIS MORNING... Snow began here just before 7 A.M. and has been occasionally moderate. As of 10 A.M. 1.1 IN of snow has fallen bringing our monthly total to 9.4. INS. Liquid equivalent as of 10 A.M. is 0.05 IN. Total snow on the ground currently is 4 inches. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 1/17/2002 WED 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 65 OVC 20SW- 160/29/23/1711/000/ VSBY S-SW 10 PCPN VRY LGT SB50/ 8/5/// 4/003 56027 6000/ 10029 20028 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 W1 1/4S-F 136/30/30/1815/993/ S- OCCLY S TOTAL NEW SNW PST 3HRS 1.1 IN/ 8///// 56024 6005/ DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 36 MIN: 29 // ASOS MAX: 36 ASOS MIN: 29 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 33/18 MEAN 33 [+ 7] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 92 JANUARY IS AVERAGING 5.8 DEG WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/17 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . . TRACE ASOS......................0.00 IN. JAN. TOTAL................2.38 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-0.10 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 2.38 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 01/16 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... TRACE JAN. TOTAL................8.3 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 18.4 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/16... PEAK GUST ASOS: 31 MPH W AT 10:23 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 35 MPH WNW AT 10:23 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 36 MPH WNW AT 10:23 A.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 36/18/27/0/0/0/545/99/ 31 W 1/03 36/22/29/+2/0/0/435/79/ 30 W 1/04 33/20/27/0/0/0/513/93/ 29 NNW 1/05 39/27/33/+6/0/0/260/47/ 25 W 1/06 46/29/38/+12/0.50/0/022/04/ 45 NE 1/07 39/26/33/+7/0.44/1.5/000/00/ 43 NE 1/08 32/17/25/-1/0.03/0.5/534/96/ 25 SW 1/09 37/25/31/+5/T/T/000/00/ 32 SW 1/10 47/35/41/+15/0/0/240/43/ 37 W 1/11 41/33/37/+11/0.18/T/000/00/ 35 W 1/12 40/31/36/+10/T/T/090/16/ 32 WNW 1/13 38/30/34/+8/1.02/6.0/090/16/ 68 MPH W (Aero 68 MPH W ) 1/14 36/26/31/+5/0/0/.../../ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 1/15 36/30/33/+7/0.21/0.3/000/00/ 29 E (ASOS 30 MPH E ) 1/16 36/29/33/+7/0/0/.../../ 35 WNW 1/17 Morning low 28 degrees... RECORDS FOR JANUARY 17 HIGH 55 IN 1995,1973 LOW - 8 IN 1907,1982 PRECIP 1.43 INS 1956 SNOWFALL: 13.4 INS. 1956 PEAK GUST 62 MPH S IN 1994 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 18 HIGH 62 IN 1990,1973 LOW -10 IN 1982 PRECIP 1.68 INS 1915 SNOWFALL: 13.0 INS. 1948 PEAK GUST 61 MPH S IN 1994 e = estimated MFD