BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12 2002 DISCUSSION.....9/12/2002.. STRONG WINDS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... As Hurricane Gustav moved away from the region yesterday, strong winds in it's wake were observed. The official peak gust yesterday was 58 MPH NW at 3:35pm EDT. Here is a break-down of wind gusts via our various wind systems... Merlin : 66 MPH NW Maestro : 62 MPH Aerovane: 62 MPH WNW @ 6:06pm EDT NWS 420C: 58 MPH NW @ 3:35pm EDT (official) ASOS : 55 MPH WNW @ 6:06pm EDT THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY 9/12..... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 90 112/52/39/3011/986/ FEW SC NW-N AND S-SE AC N-E/ 8/530/ 53030 10054 20048 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 90 126/58/35/3118G25/990/ FEW SC SW-NW-N AC DSNT NE-E/ 8/530/ 51014 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 .... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 77 MIN: 54 // ASOS MAX: 76 ASOS MIN: 54 MEAN: 66 [+ 2] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 73/55/64 SEPTEMBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: +42 DEG. The month is averaging 3.8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL... PRECIPITATION....ON 09/12 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. SEPTEMBER TOTAL TO DATE...1.30 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.17 INS. SEPTEMBER ASOS TOTAL......1.26 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...31.86 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.94 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 55 MPH WNW AT 6:06 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 58 MPH NW AT 3:35 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 62 MPH WNW AT 6:06 P.M. EDT SEPT. 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... ASOS IS AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM 9/1 66/52/59/-8/0.01/46/06/ 18 ENE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 15 ENE 9/2 63/59/61/-5/0.87/000/00/ 28 NNE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 20 NE 9/3 68/63/66/0/0.30/000/00/ 25 NE ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 17 NE 9/4 83/64/74/+8/0.12/.../../ 22 NW/ TSTM 2 MIN MAX = 17 NW 9/5 73/56/65/-1/0/.../../ 28 NW ASOS 2 MIN MAX = 22 NW 9/6 77/52/65/0/0/.../../ 21 NNW " 2 MIN MAX = 16 NW 9/7 83/61/72/+8/0/.../../ 17 SW " " = 14 SW 9/8 87/61/74/+9/0/.../../ 21 SW " " = 17 SW 9/9 91/65/78/+14/0/.../../ 20 WSW " " = 16 WSW 9/10 89/67/78/+14/0/.../../ 28 SSW " " = 22 SSW 9/11 77/54/66/+2/0/.../../ 58 NW 9/12 Morning low 48 degrees... RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 12 HIGH 92 IN 1961 LOW 42 IN 1958, 1967, 1985 PRECIP 2.79 INS IN 1960 [ HURRICANE DONNA ] PEAK GUST 140 MPH SSE IN 1960 [ HURRICANE DONNA ] RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 13 HIGH 91 IN 1957 LOW 40 IN 1985 PRECIP 3.10 INS IN 1987 PEAK GUST 44 MPH WNW IN 1986 e = estimated MFD