<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/24/2002....AT 2 P.M. (13E ) A few patches of yesterday's snowfall remained early this morning. The total snowfall was measured at 1.3 inches for the most this early in the season and the most in any October since 1979. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/24/2002 THU 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 80 294/31/25/3010/040/ MDT CU/SC LYR ALG/OFFSHR NE-ESE FEW CI DSNT SSE-SW TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 1.2 INS/ 8/201/ 52016 70020 10031 20029 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 299/42/26/3406/041/ MDT CU/SC OFFSHR NE-SE FEW SC DSNT W-NW FEW CI DSNT SE-S/ 8/201/ 50005 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 CLR 90 287/46/25/3009/938/ FEW SC DSNT NW AND SC N AND OFFSHR FEW MDT CU/SC NE-SE FEW CI ALQDS VSBY ESTIMATE 100+ SM/ 8/501/ 57012 10047 20031 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 43 MIN: 31 ASOS MAX: 43 ASOS MIN: 31 MEAN: 37 [-12] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 58/41/50 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 6 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 0.5 DEGREE COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/24 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.20 INS. ASOS......................0.17 INS. OCTOBER TOTAL ...........2.44 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.78 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........2.36 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...37.92 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.90 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 25 MPH NNW AT 7:20 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH NNW AT 7:20 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH NNW AT 7:20 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 for daily sunshine... TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) 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/+1/0/204/30/ 18 ESE " " = 17 E 10/11 56/50/53/+0/0.18/000/00/ 32 E " " = 22 E 10/12 55/53/54/+1/0.44/000/00/ 37 ENE " " = 26 ENE 10/13 56/54/55/+2/0.35/000/00/ 28 NE " " = 20 NE 10/14 54/37/46/-6/0/655/98/ 33 NW " " = 26 NW 10/15 51/33/42/-10/0/473/71/ 20 ESE " " = 20 ESE 10/16 62/44/53/+2/1.08/000/00/ 59 E " " = 40 ENE **** 10/17 62/43/53/+2/627/95/ 43 WSW " " = 35 W 10/18 55/41/48/-3/631/96/ 27 WNW " " = 21 W 10/19 59/41/50/T/203/31/ 48 S " " = 37 S AERO 52 MPH S 10/20 56/41/49/-1/0/574/88/ 31 W " " = 25 W 10/21 52/34/43/-7/0/539/83/ 25 W " " = 20 NW 10/22 50/30/40/-10/0/466/72/ 16 NW 10/23 43/31/37/-12/0.27/232/36/ 25 NNW snowfall 1.3 ins. 10/24 morning low temp. 29 deg. ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW **** Aero peak gust 60 MPH E RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 24 HIGH 79 IN 1963 LOW 22 IN 1969 PRECIP 2.96 IN 1890 SNOWFALL 1.8 INS IN 1960 PEAK GUST 70 MPH SE IN 1959 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 25 HIGH 81 IN 1963 LOW 26 IN 1922,1939 PRECIP 2.24 IN 1980 SNOWFALL 1.2 INS. IN 1960 PEAK GUST 72 MPH ESE IN 1980 e = estimated Robert Skilling </x-flowed>