BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY MAY 24 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... 5/24/2002...11 A.M. Beautiful sunny day with increasing humidity. Just some very high thin cirrus up around 30,000ft decorating the sky. Temperatures poking into the low to mid 70s this early seems to spell out a max near 80 this afternoon. Visibility only hanging around 20-25 miles under hazy conditions. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY..... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 20 120/56/44/2109/988/ FEW CI ALQDS THN HK ALQDS/ 8/001/ 51002 10056 20048 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 300 -BKN 25 096/73/47/1907/981/ WND L/V HAZY/ 8/001/ 58024 THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY MAY 23RD... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 77 MIN: 44 // ASOS MAX: 76 ASOS MIN: 44 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 69/49 MEAN 61 [ + 2 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MAY TO DATE: - 57 degrees THE MAY TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 2.5 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL TO DATE.... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/24 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 4.89 INS. TOTAL FOR MAY.............5.14 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........+ 2.39 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 18.65 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-2.05 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 05/23... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH S AT 6:01 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH S AT 6:01 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH S AT 6:01 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/-4/0.00/0/827/98/ 38 W 5/2 49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE 5/3 54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/747/88/ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph ) 5/4 68/39/54/+1/0/0/842/99/ 33 WNW 5/5 72/46/59/+6/0/0/751/88/ 28 S 5/6 77/46/62/+8/0/0/668/78/ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S ) 5/7 74/51/63/+9/0/0/369/43/ 39 SW 5/8 64/50/57/+3/0/0/679/79/ 30 NW 5/9 57/45/51/-4/0.07/0/009/01/ 30 ENE (daily precip. corrected ) 5/10 76/52/64/+9/0.13/0/727/84/ 45 WNW 5/11 66/46/56/0/0/0/790/91/ 39 W 5/12 56/44/50/-6/0.43/0/000/00/ 25 SE 5/13 45/41/43/-13/1.93/0/000/00/ 45 ENE 5/14 61/41/51/-6/0.35/0/306/35/ 46 W 5/15 58/38/48/-9/T/0/543/62/ 53 MPH W (Aero 52 MPH W ) 5/16 77/46/62/+5/0/0/632/72/ 40 SSW 5/17 72/51/62/+5/0.01/0/238/27/ 32 WNW 5/18 51/35/43/-15/1.58/T/000/00/ 46 NE 5/19 58/34/46/-12/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 5/20 57/37/47/-11/0/0/.../../ 22 W 5/21 61/36/49/-10/0/0/.../../ 27 WNW 5/22 69/41/55/-4/0/0/.../../ 28 S 5/23 77/44/61/+2/0/0/.../../ 30 S 5/24 Morning low... 48 degrees. RECORDS FOR MAY 24 HIGH 92 IN 1964 LOW 35 IN 1956 PRECIP 2.13 INS 1951 PEAK GUST 50e MPH NNW IN 1941 e = estimated MFD / Robert Skilling