BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 05 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. ASOS SYSTEM BACK IN SERVICE AT 11 A.M. Light rain last evening brings 0.07 inch and temperatures dropped to 33 here at summit this morning under clear skies. Frost observed on the grass and also on wooden surface on tower roof. There was heavy frost in the lowlands with minimum of 22 degrees at Norwood Airport this morning. A 24-hour outage of our ASOS (Automated Observing System) ended late this morning and was an easy fix. BHO observers please see note in Journal 2002. NOVEMBER NOW 10 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL AVERAGING FIRST 4 DAYS.... The colder-than-normal trend continued over the week-end but NO RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES were observed. The low reading of 22 degrees on November 2nd was just one degree above the record low minimum temperature for the date. The maximum temperature of 38 on the 2nd was a couple degrees above the record low maximum for the date. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 11/5/2002 TUE 11/5/2002 TUE 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 10 206/33/33/3110/014/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT E-SE FEW AC DSNT W-NW FEW CI SE THN F ALQDS VSBY NW-N 15 FROST ASOS INOP/ 8/540/ 53027 70007 10036 20033 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 25 SCT 35 220/41/29/3413/018/ SC FRMG VSBY WNW 45 WND 31V03/ 8/500/ 51014 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 300 -SCT 50 214/45/24/3610/016/ FEW CU/SC LWR CI/CS DSNT SSW-NW WND GRDLY VEERING WND 31V05/ 8/805/ 58006 10045 20033 THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 04 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 49 MIN: 32 ASOS MAX: MM ASOS MIN: 32 MEAN: 41 [- 5 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 54/38/46 NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 39 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 10 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/05 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.07 INS. ASOS......................INOPERATIVE TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 0.08 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...-0.52 INS. NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........TRACE SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........1.3 INS. OCTOBER TOTAL ...........4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.41 INS. NOVEMBER ASOS TOTAL:......N/A OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........3.83 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...39.57 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.06 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 04 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: MM MPH M AT X:XX A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH SSW AT 2:47 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 29 MPH SSW AT 2:47 P.M. OCT. 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 TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) 10/1 78/58/68/+11/0/649/92/ 29 SW " " = 23 SW 10/2 83/63/73/+16/0.01/618/88/ 27 WSW " " = 21 WSW 10/3 69/50/60/+4/0.07/007/01/ 28 ENE " " = 21 NE 10/4 64/49/57/+1/0.01/028/04/ 32 SE " " = 26 SSE 10/5 78/54/66/+11/0.03/430/62/ 44 S " " = 35 SSE ** 10/6 60/48/54/-1/0/683/99/ 27 NE " " = 20 ENE 10/7 68/49/59/+4/TRACE/206/30 31 NW " " = 25 SSW *** 10/8 57/42/50/-4/0/651/95/ 23 NNW " " = 17 NW 10/9 55/38/47/-7/0/007/01/ 18 SE " " = 14 SE 10/10 60/47/54/+1/0/204/30/ 18 ESE " " = 17 E 10/11 56/50/53/+0/0.18/000/00/ 32 E " " = 22 E 10/12 55/53/54/+1/0.44/000/00/ 37 ENE " " = 26 ENE 10/13 56/54/55/+2/0.35/000/00/ 28 NE " " = 20 NE 10/14 54/37/46/-6/0/655/98/ 33 NW " " = 26 NW 10/15 51/33/42/-10/0/473/71/ 20 ESE " " = 20 ESE 10/16 62/44/53/+2/1.08/000/00/ 59 E " " = 40 ENE **** 10/17 62/43/53/+2/627/95/ 43 WSW " " = 35 W 10/18 55/41/48/-3/631/96/ 27 WNW " " = 21 W 10/19 59/41/50/T/203/31/ 48 S " " = 37 S AERO 52 MPH S 10/20 56/41/49/-1/0/574/88/ 31 W " " = 25 W 10/21 52/34/43/-7/0/539/83/ 25 W " " = 20 NW 10/22 50/30/40/-10/0/466/72/ 16 NW " " = 13 WNW 10/23 43/31/37/-12/0.27/232/36/ 25 NNW " " = 21 NNW snowfall 1.3 ins. 10/24 48/29/39/-10/0/603/94/ 17 WNW " " = 15 NW 10/25 48/31/40/-9/0/581/91/ 20 E " " = 17 E 10/26 51/40/46/-2/1.56/000/00/ 32 NW " " = 24 NW 10/27 56/39/48/0/0/520/82/ 33 WNW " " = 28 WNW 10/28 50/33/42/-6/0/599/95/ 27 WNW " " = 20 NW 10/29 43/29/36/-11/0/414/66/ 23 NNW " " = 16 N 10/30 40/33/37/-10/0/000/00 22 NNE " " = 14 N 10/31 47/29/38/-9/0/567/91/ 17 WNW " " = 14 S \ ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW **** Aero peak gust 60 MPH E NOV. 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 TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/.../../ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ ASOS MAX 2 MIN WND 29 W 11/2 38/23/31/-17/T/T/.../../ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A " 29 NW 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/.../../ 20 N " 16 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/.../../ 27 SSW 11/5 morning low temp. 33 deg. " M RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 05 HIGH 76 IN 1994 LOW 18 IN 1908 PRECIP 4.26 INCHES IN 1955 SNOWFALL 1.5 IN 1892 PEAK GUST 63e S IN 1950 / S IN 1983 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 06 HIGH 71 IN 1959 LOW 22 IN 1951 PRECIP 1.72 INCHES IN 1907 SNOWFALL 8.0 IN 1894 PEAK GUST 63 W IN 1973 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling