BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY OCTOBER 14 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/14/2002....2 P.M. It's a spectacular view for this Columbus Day holiday. We're reporting our maximum visibility of 90 miles but we could see much farther if we could see beyond the curve of the earth. The mountains in southern New Hampshire at 60 to 70 miles are standing so very clearly that we could probably attain a visibility of 120 miles! The air has turned quite cold and dry and the lowest dewpoints of the season are occurring in the low to mid 20's. The three day rainfall total for Friday through Sunday was 0.97 inch here. The midnight temperature of 54 will likely be the high for the day with an afternoon high of 52 degrees recorded through 2 p.m. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/16/2002 MON COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY 10/14/2002 MON COLUMBUS DAY BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 90 221/42/31/3115G20/018/ AC DSNT NE-SE ALG HRZN CC OVHD/ 8/049/ 51022 70030 10053 20042 BHO SA 1455 CLR 90 232/48/28/3214G21/022/ FEW SC DSNT NW-N ALG HRZN FEW CI DSNT E-S/ 8/501/ 50011 BHO SA 1755 CLR 90 228/52/24/3316G25/020/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT NE-ESE FEW CI DSNT S/ 8/501/ 58004 10052 20042 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 56 MIN: 54 ASOS MAX: 56 ASOS MIN: 54 MEAN: 55 [+ 2] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 61/44/53 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: + 39 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 2.8 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/16 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.30 INS. THREE DAY TOTAL...........0.97 INS. ASOS......................0.31 INS. (PAST 24 HOURS ENDING 8 A.M. ) OCTOBER TOTAL ...........1.09 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.73 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........1.10 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...36.57 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.85 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......34.45 INS. WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 13, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH NE AT 1:44 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 28 MPH NE AT 1:04 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 29 MPH NE AT 3:12 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 THE ASOS IS OUR 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/+4/0.07/007/01/ 28 ENE " " = 21 NE 10/4 64/49/57/+1/0.01/028/04/ 32 SE " " = 26 SSE 10/5 78/54/66/+11/0.03/430/62/ 44 S " " = 35 SSE ** 10/6 60/48/54/-1/0/683/99/ 27 NE " " = 20 ENE 10/7 68/49/59/+4/TRACE/206/30 31 NW " " = 25 SSW *** 10/8 57/42/50/-4/0/651/95/ 23 NNW " " = 17 NW 10/9 55/38/47/-7/0/007/01/ 18 SE " " = 14 SE 10/10 60/47/54/+1/0/.../../ 18 ESE " " = 17 E ASOS/AERO PEAK GUST 20 MPH ESE 10/11 56/50/53/+0/..../000/00/ 32 E " " = 22 E 10/12 55/53/54/+1/..../000/00/ 37 ENE " " = 26 ENE ASOS 10/13 56/54/55/+2/..../000/00/ 28 NE " " = 20 NE 10/14 morning lo temp. 42 deg. ** please note a slight correction to the 420C wind gust for 10/5... 44 MPH instead of 43 MPH... ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 14 HIGH 79 IN 2000 LOW 28 IN 1958 PRECIP 2.69 IN 1990 SNOWFALL 2.0 INS IN 1913 PEAK GUST 63e MPH W IN 1976 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 15 HIGH 83 IN 1897 LOW 29 IN 1887,1937 PRECIP 3.12 IN 1930 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1961,1972 PEAK GUST 63e MPH SW IN 1940 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 16 HIGH 86 IN 1897 LOW 28 IN 1886 PRECIP 2.82 IN 1974 SNOWFALL ZERO PEAK GUST 68e MPH SSE IN 1954 ( HAZEL ) e = estimated Robert Skilling