BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... DEVELOPING OCEAN STORM BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...The rain began here at about 4 am and has been moderate most of the morning, though elements of heavy rain have moved in early this afternoon. The storm total so far is about 1 inch. Heavier rain has fallen along the south coast with Westerly, RI receiving about 4 inches so far today, most of this in the past three hours. There has been very little wind with the storm so far, with the peak gust of 28 mph ENE occurring at 11:02 this morning. The rain should end later this afternoon, with colder and breezy weather tomorrow. EASTERN STANDARD TIME RETURNS TOMORROW....Turn clocks back one hour tonight. MJI Today's observations: 8 AM BHO SA 1155 15 SCT E30 BKN 55 OVC 7R- 196/42/42/1012/011/ HAZY PRESRR/ 8/7// 53027 6016/ 70016 10042 20041 11 AM BHO SA 1455 -X E4 OVC 1VRF 166/45/45/0713G24/999/ F2 R OCNL R- PRESS UNSTDY STRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 3/4V11/2/ 8/7// 57030 6031/ 2 PM BHO SA 1755 -X E3 OVC 1/2VR+F 112/50/50/0713/983/ RF4 R+B32E37B52 STRA DRFTG OVR SMT PRESFR VSBY 1/4V3/4/ 8/7// 58054 6083E 10050 20042 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........20 MPH E AT 10:08 PM EDT AEROVANE.........20 MPH E AT 10:27 PM EDT ASOS.............21 MPH E AT 10:27 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........10.2 MPH, ENE ASOS...........10.4 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........28 MPH ENE AT 11:02 AM EDT AEROVANE..........29 MPH E AT 10:35 AM EDT ASOS..............29 MPH ESE AT 9:54 AM EDT TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 MAX.....48 NORMAL.....57 ASOS.....48 AT 2:57 PM EDT MIN.....31 NORMAL.....40 ASOS.....32 AT 8:06 AM EDT MEAN....40 NORMAL.....49 DEP......-9 DEP FOR MONTH....-25 The month is averaging 1 degree below normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAY UNITS THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY............25 DEP.....+9 HEATING UNITS FOR OCTOBER..........347 DEP....+35 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.......426 DEP....-56 HEATING UNITS FOR LAST SEASON......305 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.16 IN DEP....+0.01 IN ASOS.............0.16 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........2.60 IN DEP....-0.92 IN ASOS.............N/A TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........38.08 INS DEP....-3.04 INS ASOS.............N/A RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 26 HIGH 80 IN 1963 LOW 24 IN 1933 PRE 1.72 INS IN 1894 SNOW 3.0 INS 1962 WIND 59 MPH SSE IN 1967 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27 HIGH 83 IN 1963 LOW 21 IN 1936 PRE 1.79 INS IN 1886 SNOW 0.1 INS IN 1957 WIND 54 MPH WNW IN 1968 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001. Mike Iacono