Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ARK45723; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 15:11:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALE20229; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 15:11:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by smtp.harvard.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f37JAYt31987; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 15:10:34 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010407134631.00a7cc50@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: miacono.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 14:10:38 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Mike Iacono Subject: BLUE HILL MA 071300 -OVC 45 42/22/NE13/3030R/ PRE:0.25 HI/LO 44/35 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... MAJOR TREE CUTTING STARTED ON THE SUMMIT THIS MORNING....A large number of trees on the west side of the summit have been cut down and cleared away by the MDC and a crew of about 20 people. This has greatly improved our view to the west especially from ground level. More cutting of summit trees will continue in coming weeks on the NW side and eventually on the north side of the hill. - MJI NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A meeting is currently being planned for 7 PM, April 12 with guest speaker Christine Clayburg, WHDH-TV weekend meteorologist. Location will be announced before the meeting. BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet. Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html The main page for this site is: http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html Today's observations: 8 AM BHO SA 1155 E12 BKN 20 OVC 20 217/36/34/3310G17/017/ FEW LWR SC WND 30V36/ 8/5// 51040 10036 20035 11 AM BHO SA 1455 E15 SCT 200 -OVC 35 251/42/31/0510/027/ WND 02V08/ 8/501 51034 2 PM BHO SA 1755 180 SCT 220 -OVC 45 261/42/22/0612/030/ FEW AC E-SE FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT NE-E BINOVC DSNT NE-E WND 03V09/ 8/531 51010 10044 20036 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 6: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY............29 MPH S AT 4:21 PM AEROVANE.........30 MPH S AT 4:21 PM ASOS.............29 MPH S AT 4:21 PM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR.........10.3 MPH WSW ASOS...........10.4 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 7 PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........30 MPH NNE AT 1:53 AM AEROVANE.........30 MPH NNE AT 1:53 AM ASOS.............30 MPH NNE AT 2:32 AM TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 6 MAX.....58 NORMAL.....52 ASOS.....58 AT 11:05 AM MIN.....36 NORMAL.....34 ASOS.....36 AT MIDNIGHT PM MEAN....47 NORMAL.....43 DEP.....+4 DEP FOR MONTH....-12 April is averaging about 2 degrees below normal per day HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............18 DEP.......-4 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........151 DEP......+12 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........5772 DEP.....+127 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............4996 DIFF....+776 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.25 IN DEP....+0.11 IN ASOS.............0.24 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.25 IN DEP....-0.59 IN ASOS.............0.24 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........19.15 INS DEP....+5.58 INS ASOS............16.60 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 8AM.................0.0 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............0.0 IN DEP....-0.6 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............90.4 INS DEP...+33.3 INS RECORDS FOR APRIL 7 HIGH 86 IN 1929 LOW 13 IN 1982 PRE 1.72 INS IN 1924 SNOW 4.5 INS IN 1967, 1996 WIND 65 MPH WNW IN 1982 RECORDS FOR APRIL 8 HIGH 87 IN 1991 LOW 17 IN 1888 PRE 1.78 INS IN 1956 SNOW 9.3 INS IN 1956 WIND 70 MPH S IN 2000 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono