BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28 2002 HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. SNOWSTORM BRINGS 7.4 INCHES...MOST IN A NOVEMBER STORM SINCE 1987... Storm total snowfall for this last storm was measured as 7.4 inches. Total liquid was 0.66 inches. Monthly precip total is now up to 7.08 inches which is 2.89 inches above normal to date. Seasonal snowfall is now up to 8.7 inches, impressive considering we haven't reached December yet. The 7.4 inches that fell yesterday is our greatest November snowfall since 8.6 inches in November 1987. That event occurred much earlier in the month. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 11/28/2002 THU 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 90 179/13/5/2815/006/ SC OFFSHR NE-S FEW AC W-N AND E-SE TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24HRS 4.0 INS STORM TOTAL 7.4 INS 8/530/ 4/006 51003 70029 10016 20013 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 90 169/20/5/2914G20/003/ FEW SC DSNT NW-N CU/FEW MDT CU OFFSHR DSNT NE-SE FEW CI DSNT W-NW/ 8/501/ 58010 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 90 142/25/7/2916G24/995/ FEW SC ALQDS/ 8/501/ 58027 10025 20013 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27... TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 34 MIN: 17 ASOS MAX: 34 ASOS MIN: 17 MEAN: 26 [-12 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 45/30/38/ NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: -15 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 0.6 degree COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/28 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.29 IN. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.27 IN. TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 7.08 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+2.89 INS. ASOS NOVEMBER TOTAL.......6.71 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....4.0 INS. NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........7.4 INS. SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........8.7 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...46.56 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....+0.35 INS. WIND DATA FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH NW AT 8:49 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH NW AT 5:27 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 34 MPH NW AT 7:24 P.M. NOV. 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL STARTING 11/6/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher TSTM = thunderstorm day 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/428/69/ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ 11/2 38/23/31/-15/T/T/618/100/ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/523/85/ 20 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/215/35/ 27 SSW 11/5 46/33/40/-5/0/513/84/ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 40/26/33/-12/T/T/411/68/ 48 WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW 11/8 57/26/42/-2/0/0/591/98/ 41 SSW 11/9 61/45/53/+9/0/0/054/09/ 33 SW 11/10 69/51/60/+16/0.05/0/173/29/ 50 S Aerovane 58 MPH S 11/11 66/56/61/+18/0.13/0/000/00/ 44 S Aerovane 47 MPH S 11/12 57/45/51/+8/0.90/0/018/03/ 40 NE Aerovane 43 MPH NE 11/13 45/41/43/0/0.80/0/000/00/ 32 NNE Aerovane 34 MPH NNE 11/14 49/34/40/-2/0/0/578/98/ 30 NW Aerovane 33 MPH NW 11/15 59/43/51/+9/0/0/387/66/ 31 SW 11/16 46/34/40/-2/0.70/T/000/00/ 43 NE Aerovane 44 MPH NE 11/17 43/32/38/-3/1.79/0/000/00/ 59 ENE Aerovane 60 MPH ENE 11/18 39/31/35/-6/0.24/T/046/08/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W [ early morning glaze ] 11/19 41/29/35/-6/0/0/006/01/ 18 ESE 11/20 55/36/46/+6/0/0/571/99/ 20 S 11/21 51/39/45/+5/0.01/0/000/00/ 20 SSE 11/22 46/39/43/+3/0.64/0/000/00/ 22 NE 11/23 44/32/38/-1/0.01/T/263/46/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W 11/24 45/30/38/-1/0/0/467/82/ 46 W Aerovane 50 MPH W 11/25 47/32/40/+1/0.02/0/112/20/ 21 N 11/26 43/33/38/0/T/0/459/81/ 25 NNW 11/27 34/17/26/-12/0.66/7.4/000/00/ 30 NW Aerovane 34 MPH NW 11/28 Morning low 13 degrees. Our monthly daily sunshine has now been completely updated and we've recorded only 40% of the possible sunshine this month to date... Normal for November is 47%. RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 28 HIGH 70 IN 1990 LOW 10 IN 1901,1930,1936 PRECIP 1.84 INCHES IN 1889 SNOWFALL 3.0 INS IN 1917 PEAK GUST 90 SSW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 28 HIGH 64 IN 1963, 1990 LOW 6 IN 1901 PRECIP 2.69 INCHES IN 1963 SNOWFALL 5.0 INS IN 1995 PEAK GUST 86 SSE IN 1963 MFD