BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... EXTRA-TROPICAL REMNANTS OF FORMER HURRICANE LILI RACE THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING...As the circulation was largely absorbed by a storm over the Great Lakes, the impact here was small. Just 0.04 of rain fell in brief rain showers Friday afternoon and again this morning just after sunrise. The peak gust so far today has been 43 mph SSW AT 5:10 AM EDT, with winds typically gusting to about 30 mph in the early afternoon. The storm has forced a very tropical air mass into southern New England this morning with dew points climbing to the upper 60s, though drier air is beginning to move in on winds that have veered around to the W. Visibility has climbed to 40 miles to the west as of 1:30 pm. MJI Today's observations: 8 AM BHO SA 1155 -X E5 BKN 15 OVC 3L-F 089/69/68/2023G31/979/ F1 PCPN VRY LGT PK WND 2035/02/ 8/6// 56007 6003/ 70004 10070 20065 11 AM BHO SA 1455 E15 BKN 25 OVC 10 099/73/68/2315G24/982/ HAZY BINOVC/ 8/5// 51010 6000/ 2 PM WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........32 MPH SE AT 9:18 PM EDT AEROVANE.........34 MPH SE AT 9:04 PM EDT ASOS.............33 MPH SE AT 9:44 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........12.9 MPH, ESE ASOS...........13.2 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........43 MPH SSW AT 5:10 AM EDT AEROVANE..........47 MPH SSW AT 5:10 AM EDT ASOS..............43 MPH SSW AT 6:25 AM EDT TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 MAX.....64 NORMAL.....65 ASOS.....64 AT MIDNIGHT PM MIN.....49 NORMAL.....48 ASOS.....49 AT 7:03 AM EDT MEAN....57 NORMAL.....56 DEP......+1 DEP FOR MONTH....+32 The month is averaging 8 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAY UNITS THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY.............8 DEP.....-6 HEATING UNITS FOR SEPTEMBER.........13 DEP....-23 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON........94 DEP...-112 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.04 IN DEP....-0.10 IN ASOS.............0.04 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.12 IN DEP....-0.44 IN ASOS.............0.13 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........35.60 INS DEP....-2.56 INS ASOS............33.51 INS RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 5 HIGH 85 IN 1922 LOW 29 IN 1965 PRE 3.17 INS IN 1962 WIND 64 MPH S IN 1979 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 6 HIGH 83 IN 1990 LOW 26 IN 1965 PRE 3.78 INS IN 1962 WIND 60 MPH S IN 1942 (ESTIMATED) Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001. Mike Iacono