Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAA36787; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:22:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from q.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALL05580; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:22:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by q.harvard.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3JILCP02112; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:21:13 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010419141107.00a9b440@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:22:01 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 191400 CLR 70 50/16/W15G23/3011R/LO 29/HI 50 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 THURSDAY APRIL 19 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 planned. Please continue to look for updates on the event on this page. DAILY DISCUSSION....2 P.M. 4/19/2001 FINAL SNOWFALL FOR APRIL 18...0.9 INCH.... LATE SEASON SNOWFALLS AT BLUE HILL...AFTER APRIL 15 SINCE 1980.... 1987.....4/28 = 10.0 ins. .....4/29 = 1.0 in. 1992.....4/16 = 1.5 ins. 1993.....4/26 = 0.3 in. .....4/27 = 2.7 ins. 2000.....4/26 = 1.0 in. 2001.....4/18 = 0.9 in. 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/+9/0.06/0/597/76/ 24 W 10 57/41/49/+5/0.01/0/679/86/ 18 NE (Aero 20 N ) 11 56/40/48/+4/0/0/317/40/ 23 S (Aero 26 S ) 12 47/40/44/-1/0.40/0/000/00/ 23 ESE 13 63/40/52/+7/0.01/239/30/ 50 WNW (Aero 53 WNW 14 59/40/50/+5/0/0/760/95/ 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 53/37/45/-1/T/0/.../../ 24 ENE 18 51/31/41/-6/0.33/0.9/.../../ 38 NNW (Aero 40 NNW ) 19 morning lo temp: 29 degrees... THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 4/19/2001 THU 8 a.m. clear with 60 miles view... temp. 35; wind wnw 07 mph... BHO SA 1155 CLR 60 192/35/16/2906/010/ FEW CI N AND SE-SSW VSBY NW 70 TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 0.7 IN/ 8/001/ 53027 70009 10035 20029 11 a.m....CLEAR with 65 miles view.... temp: 45; wind wsw at 10 mph.... BHO SA 1455 CLR 65 199/45/16/2509/012/ CUFRA/CU FRMG VCNTY STN ALQDS VSBY NW 70 WND 20V31/ 8/100/ 51007 2 p.m. clear with a few cumulus and 70 miles view... temp. 50; rh 25%; wind w at 15 gusting 23 mph.... BHO SA 1755 CLR 70 196/50/16/2713G20/011/ FEW CU ALQDS PK WND 2626/27/ WND 24V31/ 8/100/ 55003 10051 20035 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 18 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 51 MIN 31 // ASOS MAX 51 ASOS MIN 31 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 55/37 MEAN 41 [- 6] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 01 degree April is averaging VERY NEAR NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 4/18/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.09 MONTH: 1.57 [ - 0.92 IN. ] YEAR: 20.14 [ + 5.33 INS. ] SNOWFALL... 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.7 MONTH: 0.9 IN. SEASON: 91.3 INS. NORMAL SEASONAL TOTAL ABOUT 60 INCHES.... WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 35 MPH NNW AT 10:56 A.M. PEAK GUST: 38 MPH NNW AT 10:23 A.M. (420C chart) PEAK GUST AERO: 40 MPH NNW at 10:56 A.M. ** ** last of several occurrences RECORDS FOR APRIL 19 HIGH 94 IN 1976 LOW 21 IN 1890 PRECIP 1.71 INS 1969 WIND 66 MPH E IN 1894 Robert Skilling...