Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAA23800; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:17:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALI11442; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:17:40 -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 f3HIHL400783; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:17:21 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010417132101.00aacb80@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:18:32 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 171400 OVC 50 50/32/NE09/2973F/HI 53/LO 37 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 TUESDAY APRIL 17 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced. SKYFEST CELEBRATION MAY 5 2001 AT BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY Make your plans now to attend our big celebration on May 5, 2001... SKYFEST 2001....It's open house at the Observatory that day with lots of activities plannned. Please continue to look for updates on the event on this page. DAILY DISCUSSION....2 P.M. 4/17/2001 Nothing much to discuss with the weather but an interesting note: All of the natural snow has melted here but there's still plenty of snow on the Blue Hills Ski Area slope! DAILY APRIL 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snow/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 33/30/32/-9/T/T/000/00/ 25 NNE 2 40/29/35/-6/T/T/015/02/ 24 N (Aero 30 N ) 3 48/27/38/-4/0/0/584/76/ WNW (Aero 34 WNW) 4 51/33/42/0/0/0/479/62/ 20 SSW (Aero 22 SSW ) 5 56/33/45/+3/0/0/760/98/ 26 NNW (Aero 30 NNW) 6 58/36/47/+4/0.25/0/054/07/ 29 S 7 44/33/39/-4/T/T/398/51/ 30 NNE 8 39/32/36/-7/0.51/T/000/00/ 28 SSE 9 68/38/53/+9/0.06/0/.../../ 24 W 10 57/41/49/+5/0.01/0/.../../ 18 NE (Aero 20 N ) 11 56/40/48/+4/0/0/.../../ 23 S (Aero 26 S ) 12 47/40/44/-1/0.40/0/000/00/ 23 ESE 13 63/40/52/+7/0.01/.../../ 50 WNW (Aero 53 WNW ) 14 59/40/50/+5/0/0/.../../ 46 NW ( Aero 51 NW ) 15 59/37/48/+2/0/0/723/90/ 37 NW ( Aero 38 NW ) 16 54/37/46/0/0/0/572/71/ 21 NE 17 am low temp. 37; max. thru 2 p.m. 53 THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 4/17/2001 TUE 8 a.m. high thin overcast with 25 miles visibility... temp: 43; wind ne 08 mph... BHO SA 1155 160 SCT 250 SCT 300 -OVC 25 074/43/28/0507/975/ FEW AC SE-S AS LYR NW-E K LYR ALG HRZN S-W-N VSBY WNW 45/ 8/077/ 51007 10043 20037 11 a.m. high overcast partly thin.... temp: 51; wind n at 06 mph... BHO SA 1455 150 SCT E250 BKN 300 OVC 50 073/51/28/3605/975/ OVC PTLY THN NW-E CLR SKY DSNT NW-N NVSBY NW AND NE 55 8/047/ 55001 2 p.m. overcast along with lot of virga se-sw-w and thin spots in overcast... temp: 50; wind ne at 09 mph.... high temp. 53 BHO SA 1755 45 SCT E60 BKN 80 BKN 250 OVC 50 067/50/32/0408/973/ OVC PTLY THN OVHD-NE-E VIRGA E-S-W HVY VIRGA SE/ 8/577/ 58007 10053 20043 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY APRIL 16 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 54 MIN 37 // ASOS MAX 54 ASOS MIN 37 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 55/37 MEAN 46 [+ 0] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 08 degrees April is averaging 0.2 degree WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 4/16/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00 MONTH: 1.24 [ - 0.99 IN. ] YEAR: 20.14 [ + 5.18 INS. ] SNOWFALL... 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.0 MONTH: TRACE SEASON: 90.4 INS. NORMAL SEASONAL TOTAL ABOUT 60 INCHES.... WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 20 MPH SSE AT 6:29 P.M. PEAK GUST: 21 MPH NE AT 6:08 A.M. (420C chart) PEAK GUST AERO: 21 MPH NE at 6:08 a.m. ** ** also several earlier occurrences RECORDS FOR APRIL 17 HIGH 87 IN 1976 LOW 21 IN 1908 PRECIP 1.68 INS 1954 WIND 58 MPH NW IN 1994 RECORDS FOR APRIL 18 HIGH 92 IN 1976 LOW 23 IN 1887 PRECIP 1.48 INS 1954 WIND 59 MPH S IN 1982 Robert Skilling...