<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY JULY 09 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ SEE OUR NEW OFFICE CAM FACING WEST OUT WEST WINDOW AT www.bluehill.org/webcam DAILY DISCUSSION... 7/9/2002...2 P.M. VERY THICK HAZE...MODERATELY HUMID...AND UPPER 80'S...to 90 degrees.... Thick haze has arrived today with visibility of 4 to 5 miles. Dewpoint temperatures have leveled off in the mid-60's; high temperature has reached 90 by 2 p.m. Note I'm still calling it a partial obscurement even early this afternoon. OBSERVATIONS TODAY..... 7/9/2002 TUE 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 -X 150 -SCT 250 -SCT 4H 133/74/63/2311/992/ H2/ 8/041/ 56005 10074 20070 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 -X 120 -SCT 5H 128/83/65/2311/991/ H1/ 8/030/ 58005 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 -X 110 SCT 150 SCT 200 SCT 300 -BKN 5H 116/89/65/2413/987/ H1 FEW CUFRA FRMG WND 21V28/ 8/132/ 58012 10090 20074 THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY JULY 8TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 89 MIN: 64// ASOS MAX: 89 ASOS MIN: 63 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 80/61 MEAN 69 [+ 6 ] TOTAL DEP. FOR JULY TO DATE: + 56 DEG. JULY AVERAGE A VERY WARM 7 DEG. WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 07/09 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 ASOS......................0.00 INS. JULY TOTAL................0.02 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-0.96 INS. JULY ASOS TOTAL...........0.02 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 24.64 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-2.01 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002: 23.40 INS. WIND DATA....FOR MONDAY 7/08... PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH SW AT 4:39 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH SW AT 4:39 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH SW AT 4:39 P.M. EDT JULY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day 7/1 88/63/76/+7/0/.../../ 29 W 7/2 91/71/81/+11/0/566/62/ 25 W 7/3 95/76/86/+16/0/.../../ 20 WNW *** 7/4 96/74/85/+15/0/.../../ 24 W 7/5 80/63/72/+2/0/.../../ 36 WNW 7/6 81/59/70/0/0.02/.../../ 30 N 7/7 74/63/69/-1/0/.../../ 22 W 7/8 89/64/77/+6/0/744/82/ 27 SW 7/9 morning low temp. 70 degrees... *** 7/3 new record high min. temp. of 76; previous record was 75 degrees in 1911. RECORDS FOR JULY 09 HIGH 98 IN 1912 LOW 47 IN 1909 PRECIP 3.74 IN 1921 PEAK GUST 46 MPH NW IN 1992 RECORDS FOR JULY 10 HIGH 99 IN 1911 LOW 46 IN 1890 PRECIP 1.68 IN 1933 PEAK GUST 75 MPH W IN 1985 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Chris Balliro </x-flowed>