BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
TUESDAY MARCH 09, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME


TODAY'S DISCUSSION....1 P.M.

TWO-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL NOW 3.7 INCHES...

This morning's flurries added another 0.2 inch to the 3.5 inches that
fell yesterday.  The total water content for yesterday's 3.5 inches
was 0.50 inch in the standard gage while ASOS tipping bucket
collected 0.41 inch.  By early this afternoon the morning flurries
had become very light snow grains (the solid equivalent of drizzle).

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

7 a.m.  overcast with 12 miles visibility in very light snow showers; temp. 26;
dewpoint 25; wind nw at 04 mph; low temp. past six hours 26 deg; precipitation
past 24 hours 0.48 inch; snowfall for 24 hours 3.3 inches

BHO SA 1155 E35 OVC 12SW- 180/26/25/3103/006/ FEW STFRA ENE-E
PCPN VRY LGT TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 3.3 INS/ 8/72//
4/003 51021 MANUAL 6000/ ASOS 70040 MANUAL 70048 10026 20026

10 a.m. overcast with 5 miles visibility in light snowshowers; temp. 30; 
dewpoint 26; wind se at 03 mph; precip. past 3 hours 0.01 inch;
 snowfall 0.2 inch

BHO SA 1455 E12 BKN 25 OVC 5SW- 203/30/26/E1302/013/ CIG RGD SUN OCNLY DMLY 
VSBL PCPN VRY LGT TOTAL NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 0.2 IN/ 8/7/// 51023 MANUAL 6001/

1 p.m. low overcast with 8 miles visibility in light snow grains;
temp. 29; dewpoint 24; wind east at 07 mph; 6 hour maximum temp. 31; 6 hour
precip. 0.01 inch; 6 hour snowfall 0.2 inch.

BHO SA 1755 E10 OVC 8SG- 214/29/24/0906/017/ VSBY N 10 PCPN VRY LGT/
TOTAL NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 0.2 IN/ 8/6/// 51011 MANUAL 6001/ 10031 20026

OUR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY MARCH 08

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....33    NORMAL.....42
MIN.... 26    NORMAL.....25
MEAN....30    NORMAL.....34
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....-4
TOTAL DEPARTURE MARCH TO DATE....+80

MARCH IS AVERAGING 9.8 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY...

ASOS MAX/MIN FOR 3/8: 33/26 // TIMES: 1:42 A.M. AND 11:59 P.M.

HEATING DEGREE DAYS
TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR YESTERDAY.......35   DEPARTURE.....+ 4
TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR MARCH..........178   DEPARTURE.....-82
TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SEASON....4804   DEPARTURE.....-26
TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR LAST SEASON...5199   DIFFERENCE...-395

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........31 NE AT 2:34  P.M. **
                   AEROVANE.........32 NE AT 9:18  A.M. **
                   ASOS.............31 ENE AT 9:11 A.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........25 NE AT 9:14  A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......25 ENE AT 9:10 A.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED/DIRECTION........11.7 MPH NE
AVERAGE ASOS WIND FOR YESTERDAY ....11.7 MPH
** also several earlier occurrences......

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HR ENDING 7 A.M.....0.48
                         ASOS..............0.40
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH..............0.89
DEPARTURE FOR MARCH TO DATE...............-0.31
TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH.........0.80

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR 2004...............4.37
                             DEPARTURE....-5.67
TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR 2004..........3.79

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M......3.3
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MARCH....................3.5   DEPARTURE.....+ 0.3
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............45.2   DEPARTURE......-0.4


PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST

AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available

3/1 55/38/47/+15/0/0/588/87           27 MPH S
3/2 63/37/50/+18/0.04/0/298/44        50 MPH W  Aerovane 50 MPH W
3/3 53/37/45/+13/0/0/592/87           46 MPH WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW
3/4 48/35/42/+9/0.07/0/000/00         22 MPH WSW
3/5 45/38/42/+9/0.02/0/000/00         31 MPH SSE
3/6 57/36/47/+14/0.26/0/028/04        53 MPH W   Aerovane 55 MPH WNW
3/7 46/32/39/+6/0/0/658/95            43 MPH W
3/8 33/26/30/-4/0.50/3.5/000/00       31 MPH NE
3/9 morning low temp. 26; additional snowfall 0.2 inch; precip. 0.01
thru 1 P.M.

There is ONE NEW DAILY RECORD FOR MARCH 2004; record high max.
temp. of 63 on March 02, the previous record was 61 in 1991.

RECORDS FOR MARCH 09
HIGH 71 IN 2000
LOW 05 IN 1885,1943,1996
PRECIP 2.67 INCHES IN 1998
SNOWFALL 6.3 INCHES IN 2001
PEAK GUST 102e MPH S IN 1942 [RECORD FOR MONTH]

RECORDS FOR MARCH 10
HIGH 69 IN 1977
LOW 02 IN 1984
PRECIP 2.00 INCHES IN 1994
SNOWFALL 4.0 INCHES IN 1997
PEAK GUST 80 MPH NW IN 1974

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling