BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY OCTOBER 28 2002 CHANGE TO EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNDAY MORNING, 2 A.M. EDT The change to Eastern Standard Time early yesterday morning didn't mean anything to us here since we remain on standard time year round. Only thing is our reports to the public included here will not need a conversion anymore to Daylight Time. Everyone, including we here at Blue Hill, are now on the same time. DISCUSSION FOR 10/28/2002....AT 1 P.M. HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY TOTALED 1.56 INCHES.... MONTHLY TOTAL NOW 4.00 INCHES....OCTOBER NORMAL IS 4.42 INCHES OCTOBER TEMPERATURES NOW AVERAGING ABOUT 1 DEGREE COLDER THAN NORMAL WITH TOTAL DEPARTURE OF MINUS 27 DEGREES Saturday's rainfall total was 1.56 inches and even a few rumbles of thunder were observed in the local area during the periods of heavy rain during the afternoon. Over a half inch of rain fell in a three hour period ending at 2:08 p.m. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/28/2002 MON 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 45 184/39/34/2908/007/ FEW SC OFFSHR NE-SE AND PTCH SC S-SW FEW ACSL FEW LWR CI VSBY SE-S 20 NE 55/ 8/541/ 53005 10040 20037 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 40 SCT 250 -BKN 60 183/46/27/3113G18/007/ SC FRMG ALQDS/ 8/501/ 58001 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 42 SCT 250 SCT 60 173/48/28/2914G22/004/ VSBY NW 70/ 8/501/ 10050 20039 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 56 MIN: 39 ASOS MAX: 56 ASOS MIN: 39 MEAN: 48 [ 0] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 56/40/48 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 27 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 1.2 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/28 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR 10/26...........1.56 INS. (standard gage )(ASOS 1.46 ) OCTOBER TOTAL ...........4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.18 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........3.83 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...39.48 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-1.94 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 32 MPH WNW AT 3:09 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 33 MPH WNW AT 3:07 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 37 MPH WNW AT 3:07 P.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 48/29/39/-10/0/.../../ 17 WNW 10/25 48/31/40/-9/0/.../../ 20 E 10/26 51/40/46/-2/1.56/000/00/ 32 NW 10/27 56/39/48/0/0/.../../ 10/28 morning low temp. 37 degrees ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW **** Aero peak gust 60 MPH E RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 28 HIGH 81 IN 1919 LOW 23 IN 1914 PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1902 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1934,1957,1979 PEAK GUST 71 MPH SSW IN 1995 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 29 HIGH 74 IN 1989 LOW 23 IN 1891 PRECIP 2.27 INCHES IN 1953 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1902,1952 PEAK GUST 65 NNW IN 1963 e = estimated Robert Skilling