BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY JUNE 07 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... 6/7/2002... MORE RAINFALL LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING... 1.36" of rain measured this morning through 8 A.M. with another 0.09" through 11 A.M. for a total of 1.45" since 8 A.M. yesterday. Total rainfall since Wednesday night is now up to 2.10". The precipitation departure from the year to date has finally gone over to the plus side for the first time this year standing at +0.05" through this morning. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E3 BKN 10 OVC 3/4R-F 204/52/52/0712G23/013/ STFRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY E-ESE 2/ 8/5/// 53020 70136 10052 20049 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 W1 X 1/16R-F 214/50/50/0419G28/016/ 8///// 53010 6009/ THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY JUNE 6TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 67 MIN: 49 // ASOS MAX: 67 ASOS MIN: 50 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 73/54 MEAN 58 [ - 5 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JUNE TO DATE: - 5 degrees June is averaging about 0.8 degrees below normal daily. PRECIPITATION....ON 06/07 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 1.36 INS. ASOS......................1.29 INS. JUNE TOTAL................2.13 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..+1.48 INS. JUNE ASOS TOTAL...........2.05 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 22.44 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.05 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 06/06... PEAK GUST ASOS: 33 MPH NE AT 12:13 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 37 MPH NE AT 12:13 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 35 MPH NE AT 12:13 P.M. EDT JUNE 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 not yet available TSTM = thunderstorm day 6/1 82/59/71/+9/0/.../../ 39 W 6/2 72/50/61/-1/0.11/.../../ 48 WNW/TSTM 6/3 68/47/58/-5/0/.../../ 29 NW 6/4 71/49/60/-3/T/.../../ 28 SSW 6/5 70/55/63/0/../.../../ 39 S/TSTM 6/6 67/49/58/-5/000/00/ 37 NE/TSTM 6/7 Morning low 49 degrees... RECORDS FOR JUNE 07 HIGH 93 IN 1999 LOW 40 IN 1932 PRECIP 1.68 INS 1913 PEAK GUST 58 MPH NE IN 1982 e = estimated MFD