BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY MAY 08 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.....5/8/2002 Another beautiful May day with just high thin clouds and light winds tending to a seabreeze just before noon. Temperatures had reached the lower 60's early this afternoon and looked like they might reach the mid-60's by later in the afternoon. TODAY'S OBS.... 5/8/2002 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 60 213/53/39/3514G22/016/ CS LYR S-W/ 8/005/ 51033 10061 20053 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 SCT 300 -OVC 60 231/59/37/3507G14/021/ FEW LWR DENSE CI VSBY NW 70 WND 32V03/ 8/007/ 51018 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 300 -OVC 60 226/62/35/0207/020/ VSBY NW 70 WND 35V06/ 8/007/ 55004 10062 20053 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY MAY 7.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 74 MIN: 51 // ASOS MAX: 74 ASOS MIN: 51 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 64/44 MEAN 63 [ + 9 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MAY TO DATE: + 9 degrees THE MAY TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 1 DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL TO DATE.... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/08 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 ASOS......................0.00 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 0.62 INS. TOTAL FOR MAY.............0.64 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.25 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 14.15 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.69 INS. SNOWFALL.... APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......1.3 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 40.3 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 05/07... PEAK GUST ASOS: 36 MPH SW AT 12:28 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 39 MPH SW AT 12:32 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 38 MPH SW AT 12:32 P.M. EDT MAY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system ... data not yet available 5/1 58/38/48/-4/0.00/0/.../../ 38 W 5/2 49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE 5/3 54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/.../../ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph ) 5/4 68/39/54/+1/0/0/.../../ 33 WNW 5/5 72/46/59/+6/0/0/.../../ 28 S 5/6 77/46/62/+8/0/0/.../../ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S ) 5/7 74/51/63/+9/0/0/.../../ 39 SW 5/8 morning low temp. 53 degrees; normal low temp. RECORDS FOR MAY 08 HIGH 89 IN 2000 LOW 29 IN 1956 PRECIP 1.48 INS 1886 SNOWFALL: TRACE IN 1898/1947 PEAK GUST 68e MPH NNW IN 1943 RECORDS FOR MAY 09 HIGH 93 IN 2000 LOW 31 IN 1947 PRECIP 2.72 INS 1954 SNOWFALL: 5.0 INS IN 1977 PEAK GUST 70e MPH NE IN 1977 e = estimated Robert Skilling