BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY OCTOBER 07 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/7/2002....2 P.M. MILD AND DRY OCTOBER TO DATE.....FIRST WEEK COMES TO A CLOSE.... Mild temperatures again with maximum of 68 degrees day running some 4 degrees warmer than normal. The month is way up at +7 degrees so far. A few showers early this afternoon leave just a trace of rain. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/7/2002 MON 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 45 SCT E60 BKN 250 BKN 15 172/52/51/1409/004/ FEW STFRA E-SE THN F ALQDS VSBY WNW 20/ 8/501/ 56025 10052 20050 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E12 BKN 250 BKN 15 151/64/57/1810/998/ BKN V OVC HAZY WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8/501/ 56021 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 17 SCT E25 OVC 12 129/66/61/1914G18/991/ OCNL THN SPTS IOVC OVHD HIER CLDS VSB NE-SE HAZY RB27E35/ 8/501/ 57020 6000/ 10068 20052 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 06 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 60 MIN: 48 ASOS MAX: 60 ASOS MIN: 48 MEAN: 54 [- 1] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 64/46/55 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: +42 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 7 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/7 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. OCTOBER TOTAL ...........0.12 INS. (standard gage )(CORRECTED FROM REPORT OF 0.15 ON SUN. REPORT) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.72 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........0.13 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...35.60 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.84 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 06, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 25 MPH ENE AT 11:13 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH NE AT 9:58 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 29 MPH NE AT 9:58 A.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 ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT... ASOS IS AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM 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/.../../ 28 ENE " " = 21 NE 10/4 64/49/57/+1/0.01/.../../ 32 SE " " = 26 SSE 10/5 78/54/66/+11/0.03/.../../ 43 S " " = 35 SSE 10/6 60/48/54/-1/0/.../../ 27 NE " " = 20 ENE RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 07 HIGH 88 IN 1963 LOW 30 IN 1904,1986 PRECIP 1.75 IN 1972 PEAK GUST 60 ESE IN 1972 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 08 HIGH 81 IN 1916,1990 LOW 28 IN 1919 PRECIP 2.31 IN 1891 PEAK GUST 60 NE IN 1996 Robert Skilling