BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 09 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/9/2002....11 A.M. MORNING LOW TEMP OF 38 DEGREES COLDEST OF THE SEASON TO DATE... Our morning low temp. occurred at 7:35 a.m. EDT and registered 38.2 degrees in the Hazen shelter and surpassed yesterday's 42 degrees.... Frost occurred in the nearby lowlands with a minimum reading of 30 degrees reported at Norwood Airport. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/9/2002 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E160 BKN 200 OVC 35 296/40/37/3607/040/ FEW SML CU DSNT E-S DENSE CI VCNTY STN NMRS THN SPTS AND SML BINOVC HIER CLDS VSB THN K LYR ALG HRZN S-W-NNE VSBY 50 ABV INVSN WNW/ 8/132/ 51014 10043 20038 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 160 SCT E220 BKN 250 OVC 40 299/50/42/0306/041/ FEW SC N-SE THN SPTS IOVC OVHD-NW-NE THN K S-W-N VSBY NE 55 WNW 45/ 8/537/ 51003 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 08 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 57 MIN: 42 ASOS MAX: 57 ASOS MIN: 42 MEAN: 50 [- 4] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 63/45/54 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: + 42 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/9 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. OCTOBER TOTAL ...........0.12 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.00 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........0.13 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...35.60 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.12 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......33.48 INS. WIND DATA FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 08, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 22 MPH NNW AT 11:37 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 23 MPH NNW AT 11:37 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 24 MPH NW AT 4:27 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 FROM 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 10/7 68/49/59/+4/TRACE/.../.. 31 NW " " = 25 SSW *** 10/8 57/42/50/-4/0/.../../ 23 NNW " " = 17 NW 10/9 morning low temp. 38 ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 09 HIGH 81 IN 1909 LOW 29 IN 1907,1937 PRECIP 2.54 IN 1976 SNOWFALL 0.2 IN IN 1888 PEAK GUST 81e MPH S IN 1976 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 10 HIGH 85 IN 1949 LOW 27 IN 1929 PRECIP 2.02 IN 1998 SNOWFALL 6.8 INS. IN 1979 PEAK GUST 59 MPH WNW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 11 HIGH 80 IN 1919,1949 LOW 28 IN 1993 PRECIP 0.96 IN 1903 SNOWFALL ZERO PEAK GUST 66e MPH WNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12 HIGH 87 IN 1954 LOW 31 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.53 IN 1948 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1941 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1963 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Karina Leppik