BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 02 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/2/2002....2 P.M. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/2/2002 TUE 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 -X 4F 158/65/64/2312/000/ F1 VSBY NE 5 SW-NW 3/ 53003 10065 20063 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 10 153/75/66/2311/998/ FEW ACC N ACSL VCNTY STN OVHD-S HAZY/ 8/080/ 58005 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 12 132/81/65/2414G19/992/ HAZY/ 8/001/ 56020 10082 20065 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 01 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 78 MIN: 58 ASOS MAX: 78 ASOS MIN: 58 MEAN: 60 [+ 11] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 66/48/57 SEPTEMBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: +11 deg. SEPTEMBER AVERAGE: 4.1 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/2 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. SEPTEMBER TOTAL 4.92 INS. (standard gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.79 INS. SEPTEMBER ASOS TOTAL......4.44 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...35.48 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.26 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 01, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH SW AT 12:57 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 29 MPH SW AT 1:14 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 31 MPH SW AT 1:14 A.M. SEPT. 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 ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT... ASOS IS AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM 9/1 66/52/59/-8/0.01/46/06/ 18 ENE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 15 ENE 9/2 63/59/61/-5/0.87/000/00/ 28 NNE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 20 NE 9/3 68/63/66/0/0.30/000/00/ 25 NE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 17 NE 9/4 83/64/74/+8/0.12/406/52/ 22 NW/ ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 17 NW/ TSTM 9/5 73/56/65/-1/0/724/93/ 28 NW ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 22 NW 9/6 77/52/65/0/0/767/99/ 21 NNW " 2 MIN MAX = 16 NW 9/7 83/61/72/+8/0/757/98/ 17 SW " " = 14 SW 9/8 87/61/74/+9/0/754/98/ 21 SW " " = 17 SW 9/9 91/65/78/+14/0/729/95/ 20 WSW " " = 16 WSW 9/10 89/67/78/+14/0/504/66/ 28 SSW " " = 22 SSW 9/11 77/54/66/+2/0/251/33/ 58 NW " " = 44 WNW/ Aero gust 62 MPH WNW 9/12 69/48/59/-4/0/759/100/ 37 NW " " = 28 NW / Aero gust 40 MPH WNW 9/13 79/51/65/+2/0/703/93/ 32 WSW " " = 24 WSW 9/14 83/61/72/+9/0/572/76/ 29 S " " = 23 S 9/15 78/67/73/+10/0.42/023/03/ 37 SSW " " = 30 SSW 9/16 76/58/56/+5/1.01/000/00/ 32 S " " = 21 S 9/17 73/57/65/+3/0.00/566/76/ 17 NNW " " = 14 NNW 9/18 74/55/64/+4/0.00/690/93/ 21 S " " = 16 SSW 9/19 77/57/67/+6/0.00/554/75/ 25 SSW " " = 21 S 9/20 77/57/67/+6/0.00/508/69/ 28 SSW " " = 23 SSW 9/21 80/62/71/+11/0.00/535/73/ 27 SSW " " = 21 SSW 9/22 81/65/73/+13/0.85/409/56/ 27 S " " = 23 S/ TSTM 9/23 75/63/69/+9/0.62/044/56/ 31 S " " = 23 S/ TSTM 9/24 63/56/60/+1/0/000/00/ 28 NE " " = 18 NE 9/25 68/54/61/+2/0/339/47/ 15 ENE " " = 13 NE 9/26 62/55/59/0/0.22/000/00/ 20 NE " " = 14 NE 9/27 71/55/63/+5/0.36/000/00 48 S " " = 36 S Aero gust 51 MPH S 9/28 72/51/62/+4/0.14/635/89/ 50 S " " = 38 S Aero gust 52 MPH S 9/29 65/46/56/-1/0/668/94/ 20 SSW " " = 16 SSW 9/30 68/51/60/+3/0/467/66/ 36 SSW " " = 29 SSW 10/1 78/58/68/+11/0/649/92/ 29 SW " " = 23 SW 10/2 morning low 63.... RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 02 HIGH 85 IN 1968 LOW 29 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.75 IN 1984 PEAK GUST 52e S IN 1952 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 03 HIGH 82 IN 1922 LOW 28 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.76 IN 1979 PEAK GUST 52 MPH WNW IN 1964 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Karina Leppik