BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY JANUARY 19 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....1/19/2001 @ 1 P.M. Clouds increase today ahead of a storm system that's expected to bring some snow to the region tonight. Today marks the first day so far this season with the temperature below 30 degrees. Max temperature for the day so far is 27 degrees and thus it's unlikely to reach 30 today unless some unforeseen occurrence happens this evening. With a max of 27 and min of 20, gives a mean of 24, which if it holds will be 2 degrees below normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E200 OVC 25 236/20/13/2809/023/ FEW BINOVC NE-SE SC LYR ALNG/OFFSHR NE-SE FEW MDT CU NE-SE HAZY/ 8/502/ 53006 4/003 10024 20020 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E180 OVC 25 230/23/14/2905/021/ FEW BINOVC/HIR CLDS VSBL DSNT NE-E FEW SC OFFSHR NE-ESE WND L/V/ HAZY/ 8/502/ 51006 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E140 OVC 35 200/27/10/1707/012/ VIRGA ALQDS HAZY/ 8/06// 58030 10027 20020 DATA RECORDED FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 18..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 33 MIN: 24 // ASOS MAX: 33 ASOS MIN: 23 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 33/18 MEAN 29 [+ 3] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 102 JANUARY IS AVERAGING 5.7 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/19 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . . TRACE. ASOS......................0.00 IN. JAN. TOTAL................2.44 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-0.36 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 2.44 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 01/19 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... TRACE. JAN. TOTAL................9.6 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 19.7 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/18... PEAK GUST ASOS: 30 MPH WNW AT 3:08 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 32 MPH WNW AT 3:04 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 34 MPH WNW AT 3:08 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 36/18/27/0/0/0/545/99/ 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 38/28/33/+7/0.06/1.3/.../../ 31 WNW 1/18 33/24/29/+3/T/T/.../../ 32 WNW 1/19 Morning low 20 degrees... RECORDS FOR JANUARY 19 HIGH 59 IN 1973 LOW -11 IN 1887 PRECIP 2.34 INS 1936 SNOWFALL: 10.5 INS. 1936 PEAK GUST 93e MPH WNW IN 1943 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 20 HIGH 59 IN 1951 LOW -09 IN 1901 PRECIP 1.95 INS 1978 SNOWFALL: 19.0 INS. 1978 PEAK GUST 76e MPH NE IN 1978 e = estimated MFD