BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY MARCH 18 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....3/18/2002 LIGHT SNOW NOT AMOUNTING TO MUCH.... Light snow began shortly after 6 a.m. this morning and had amounted to just a half inch by mid morning then became mostly very light although another 0.01 melted precipitation occurred from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a total of 0.07 melted. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 3/18/2002 MON 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W10 X 2S- 319/31/25/0915G22/047/ VSBY LWRG ALQDS SB10/ 8///// 55012 6000/ 10033 20031 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E4 OVC 4S-SG-F 315/31/30/1107/046/ PCPN VRY LGT TOTAL NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 0.5 IN/ 8/7/// 57004 6006/ 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E5 OVC 2S-F 287/32/31/1012/038/ VSBY LWRG ALQDS/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 0.5 IN/ 8/7/// 58028 6007/ 10032 20029 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY MARCH 17.... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 40 MIN: 22 // ASOS MAX: 40 ASOS MIN: 22 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 45/28 MEAN 31 [- 6] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MARCH TO DATE: + 81 degrees MARCH IS AVERAGING 4.6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY... PRECIPITATION....ON 03/18 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . trace ASOS......................0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR MARCH . .......1.89 IN. STD. GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL.........-0.70 IN. ASOS MARCH TOTAL..........1.93 IN. *** *** ASOS DATA NOT RELIABLE DUE UNSTABLE GAGE IN STRONG WINDS... the supporting base plate is cracked and the gage is rocking in strong winds...NWS has been notified... PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 7.84 IN. (std. gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-3.59 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 03/18 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... TRACE MARCH TOTAL...............TRACE SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 32.2 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 03/17... PEAK GUST ASOS: 18 MPH NE AT 9:52 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 19 MPH NE AT 9:56 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 18 MPH NE AT 9:56 A.M. MARCH 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 3/01 42/23/33/+1/0/0/664/99/ 32 W 3/02 47/31/39/+7/0.02/0/305/45/ 32 SSE 3/03 56/37/47/+15/0.89/0/000/00/ 58 SSE (Aero 61 MPH S ) 3/04 43/20/32/-1/0/0/477/70/ 38 WNW 3/05 32/16/24/-9/0/0/679/99/ 33 WNW 3/06 50/23/37/+4/T/T/158/23/ 44 SW 3/07 51/36/44/+11/0/0/491/71/ 26 ENE 3/08 42/35/39/+5/0/0/028/04/ 25 E 3/09 67/38/53/+19/0.04/0/404/58/ 46 S 3/10 58/25/42/+8/0.43/T/455/65/ 71 S (Aero 74 MPH S ) 3/11 38/22/30/-5/0/0/682/97/ 42 W 3/12 45/29/37/+2/T/0/000/00/ 30 SSW 3/13 44/35/40/+5/0.06/0/113/16/ 22 NNE 3/14 61/38/50/+14/0/0/.../../ 28 NW 3/15 51/39/45/+9/0/0/.../../ 32 E 3/16 49/27/38/+2/0.45/0/.../../ 32 NNW 3/17 40/22/31/-6/0/0/.../../ 18 NE 3/18 low temp. of 29 thru 1 p.m. RECORDS FOR MARCH 18 HIGH 68 IN 1999 LOW 00 IN 1885 PRECIP 5.61 INS 1968 SNOWFALL: 9.3 INS. 1985 PEAK GUST 71e MPH WNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR MARCH 19 HIGH 69 IN 1903 LOW -02 IN 1967 PRECIP 1.69 INS 1956 SNOWFALL: 17.6 INS. 1956 PEAK GUST 75e MPH WNW IN 1941 e = estimated Robert Skilling