<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 07 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. SKIES CLEARED AFTER MID-MORNING RAIN SHOWERS AND SHOWERS OF SNOW AND SNOW PELLETS ALONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT.... DEWPOINTS DROP INTO SINGLE NUMBERS BY EARLY AFTERNOON... TEMPS. ON THE WAY DOWN FROM A HIGH OF 40 THIS MORNING... The final precipitation total for yesterday's nor'easter was 1.05 inches and the peak wind gust was 47 MPH N on 420C wind system and also on the Aerovane occurring at 4:13 p.m. The peak wind gust today so far is 51 mph WNW on Aerovane and 48 MPH on 420C wind system so just a bit higher than yesterday; occurred at 10:40 a.m. The a trace of precipitation fell this morning with the light showers of rain, snow and snow pellets.... NOVEMBER NOW 7.7 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL [ FIRST 6 DAYS ] THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 11/7/2002 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 180 SCT 200 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -BKN 40 046/33/29/2713/967/ FEW CU ALG/OFFSHR ENE-ESE SC/SCSL/AC/ACSL SW-NW CC ALQDS FEW CCSL FEW DENSE CI/ 8/879/ 53028 70053 10038 20033 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 18 SCT E55 BKN 30 078/38/32/3019G30/976/ MDT CU ALQDS DRK N-NE RASH/SNSH 8 N-NE AND DSNT SE-SSW VSBY N-NE 8 W-NW 65 WSHFT 10 PK WND 2930/52/ RESB10E20RB30E40/ 8/800/ 53031 6000/ 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 CLR 80 110/38/7/3220G30/985/ FEW CU/MDT CU DSNT E-S/ 8/200/ 53032 6000/ 10040 20033 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 06 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 47 MIN: 37 ASOS MAX: 47 ASOS MIN: 37 MEAN: 42 [- 3 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 53/37/45 NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 47 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 7.7 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/07 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.53 INS. STORM TOTAL...............1.05 INS. ASOS......................0.53 INS. ASOS STORM TOTAL..........1.03 INS. TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 1.13 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+0.23 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...40.61 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.31 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 06 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 43 MPH N AT 4:13 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 47 MPH N AT 4:13 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 47 MPH N AT 4:13 P.M. 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) .... sunshine data not yet available 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/-15**/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 46/33/40/-5/0/.../../ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 morning low temp. 33; high this morning 40 ** was an error on departure for 11/2, was reported as -17, should be -15 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 07 HIGH 75 IN 1938 LOW 21 IN 1930 PRECIP 2.02 INCHES IN 1953 SNOWFALL 1.0 IN 1967 PEAK GUST 69e ENE IN 1953 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 08 HIGH 72 IN 1938 LOW 20 IN 1921 PRECIP 2.24 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1894 PEAK GUST 72e SE IN 1947 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling </x-flowed>