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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2002
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org
DAILY DISCUSSION...
SUNNY AND BREEZY WEATHER TODAY WITH BENEFICIAL RAIN
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK....Skies have been clear all day
with dew points in the 20s and visibility at 75 miles. Winds
have gusted to 30 mph WNW today with gusts as high as 45 mph
WNW last night. The cumulative rainfall deficit since July
2001 is now up to -14.01 inches. MJI
BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS
Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet.
Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS:
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html
The main page for this site is:
http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html
Today's observations:
8 AM
BHO SA 1155 CLR 75 274/50/27/2913G20/039/ FEW CI DSNT SE-SW
FEW CUFRA DSNT NW-NE/ 8/101 51027 10052 20046
11 AM
BHO SA 1455 CLR 75 271/55/25/2813G23/038/ FEW CUFRA DSNT NW-N/
8/100 58003
2 PM
BHO SA 1755 CLR 75 264/62/25/2718G25/036/ FEW CI DSNT SSW-SW
FEW SML CU DSNT NW WND 24V30/ 8/101 55007 10064 20050
WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MAY 10:
PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........45 MPH WNW AT 11:58 PM EDT
AEROVANE.........48 MPH WNW AT 10:18 PM EDT
ASOS.............45 MPH NW AT 10:19 PM EDT
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........17.0 MPH, WSW
ASOS...........16.6 MPH
WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, MAY 11:
PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........39 MPH W AT 2:03 AM EDT
AEROVANE..........38 MPH W AT 2:03 AM EDT
ASOS..............35 MPH W AT 2:03 AM EDT
TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MAY 10
MAX.....76 NORMAL.....65 ASOS.....75 AT 4:58 PM EDT
MIN.....52 NORMAL.....45 ASOS.....52 AT 6:55 AM EDT
MEAN....64 NORMAL.....55 DEP.....+9 DEP FOR MONTH....+17
The month is averaging nearly 2 degrees above normal per day.
HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL:
HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY................1 DEP.......-9
HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............98 DEP......-17
HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........5034 DEP....-1163
HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............6188 DIFF...-1154
PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL.....
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.12 IN
ASOS.............0.00 IN
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.84 IN DEP....-0.41 IN
ASOS.............0.81 IN
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........14.35 INS DEP....-4.85 INS
ASOS............N/A
SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL...
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..........40.3 INS DEP...-15.8 INS
RECORDS FOR MAY 11
HIGH 90 IN 1993
LOW 28 IN 1900
PRE 1.28 INS IN 1957
SNOW 1.0 INS IN 1907 (LATEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD)
WIND 75 MPH NW IN 1945 (ESTIMATED)
RECORDS FOR MAY 12
HIGH 88 IN 2001
LOW 29 IN 1907
PRE 1.49 INS IN 1968
WIND 76 MPH S IN 1974
Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and
precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001.
Mike Iacono
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