BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 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... 6/19/2002...AT 2 P.M. A brief rain shower this morning left 0.06 inch while the temperature dipped to 58 degrees, the low for the day. By early this afternoon skies were mostly clear and temps. had risen to the low 70's with a light seabreeze. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 6/19/2002 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 100 SCT 15 273/66/54/0504/034/ FEW ACC/ACSL VCNTY STN DRK K LYR ALG HRZN S-W-N HAZY ALQDS VSBY N-E 12 WNW 50 ABV INVSN/ 8/080/ 53016 10066 20059 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 60 SCT E75 BKN 85 BKN 20RW- 285/58/56/0313/037/ CB NE-E MOVG E TCU OVHD VCNTY STN AND DSNT NW K LYR ALG HRZNS DRK K LYR W-N-SE VSBY NE-E 6 SE-SW 30 RB15 PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/96// 51012 6006/ 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 80 SCT 30 286/72/61/0805/037/ FEW CU/MDT CU DSNT W-N THN K LYR NW-NE HAZY ALQDS VSBY NE-E 20 WNW 45/ 8/280/ 50001 6006/ 10072 20058 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY JUNE 18TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 76 MIN: 54 // ASOS MAX: 75 ASOS MIN: 54 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 76/56 MEAN 65 [ - 1 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JUNE TO DATE: - 85 degrees June is averaging about 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 06/19 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. JUNE TOTAL................4.13 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..+1.91 INS. JUNE ASOS TOTAL...........4.05 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 24.44 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.48 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002: 23.22 INS. WIND DATA....FOR TUESDAY 6/18.. PEAK GUST ASOS: 20 MPH WSW AT 5:23 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 22 MPH WSW AT 5:23 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 21 MPH WSW AT 5:23 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 as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day 6/1 82/59/71/+9/0/823/91/ 39 W 6/2 72/50/61/-1/0.11/606/67/ 48 WNW/TSTM 6/3 68/47/58/-5/0/816/90/ 29 NW 6/4 71/49/60/-3/T/781/86/ 28 SSW 6/5 70/55/63/0/0.15/009/01/ 39 S/TSTM 6/6 67/49/58/-5/1.16/000/00/ 37 NE/TSTM 6/7 53/47/50/-14/0.90/191/21/ 32 NNE 6/8 69/44/57/-7/0/811/89/ 29 S 6/9 78/48/63/-1/T/429/47/ 32 W 6/10 74/56/65/+1/0/603/66/ 23 NNW 6/11 86/52/69/+4/0.12/585/64/ 40 NNE 6/12 53/47/50/-14/0.09/000/00/ 28 NNE 6/13 64/47/56/-9/0.02/183/20/ 18 NNE 6/14 63/50/57/-8/../018/02/ 23 ENE 6/15 52**/46/49/-17/../000/00/ 42 NE TOTAL (RAINFALL FOR 14-15TH 0.98 INCH ) 6/16 64/46/55/-11/0.40/046/05/ 32 NNE/TSTM 6/17 75/51/63/-3/0.20/.../../ 47 W/TSTM 6/18 76/54/65/-1/0/.../../ 22 WSW 6/19 morning low temp. 58; precip: 0.06 RECORDS FOR JUNE 19 HIGH 92 IN 1923 LOW 40 IN 1920 PRECIP 3.92 INS 1922 PEAK GUST 66e MPH NW IN 1940 RECORDS FOR JUNE 20 HIGH 94 IN 1953 LOW 41 IN 1918 PRECIP 2.62 INS 1945 PEAK GUST 63 MPH NE IN 1967 e = estimated Robert Skilling