Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAA44992; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:51:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from q.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALL53478; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:51:35 -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 f3LGpQP31349; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:51:26 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010421122806.00a7ae80@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: miacono.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:50:40 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Mike Iacono Subject: BLUE HILL MA 211100 BKN 15 58/47/S17/3040F/ HI/LO 58/46 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 21, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY AHEAD OF WARM FRONT EXPECTED BY TOMORROW...Temperatures have warmed to the mid to upper 60s today under partial sunshine. Showers are expected later today as a warm front passes the area bringing temps in the 70s on Sunday. The mean temperature for April continues to average close to normal. - MJI NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE AND KITE FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR MAY 5TH.... Our annual open house will be held at the observatory on Saturday, May 5th from 10 AM TO 4 PM. Our guest lecturer will be Colin Marquis of the Weather Channel. Festivities include kite making and kite flying, self-guided observatory tours, weather demonstrations, and live animal displays, and other activities. 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 80 SCT 200 -BKN 12 299/50/45/1812/041/ FEW SC HAZY/ 8/571 51020 10050 20046 11 AM BHO SA 1455 E90 BKN 200 BKN 15 296/58/47/1915/040/ HAZY WND 16V22/ 8/071 56003 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 20: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY............33 MPH SSW AT 4:32 PM EDT AEROVANE.........34 MPH SSW AT 4:32 PM EDT ASOS.............31 MPH S AT 4:32 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR.........13.5 MPH WSW ASOS...........13.9 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 21: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 12 PM..........28 MPH S AT 11:47 AM EDT AEROVANE.........29 MPH S AT 11:47 AM EDT ASOS.............28 MPH S AT 11:47 AM EDT TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 20 MAX.....65 NORMAL.....57 ASOS.....65 AT 2:01 PM EDT MIN.....36 NORMAL.....38 ASOS.....36 AT 6:24 AM EDT MEAN....51 NORMAL.....47 DEP.....+4 DEP FOR MONTH....-1 April is averaging close to normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............14 DEP.......-4 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........418 DEP.......+1 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........6039 DEP.....+116 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............5264 DIFF....+775 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.13 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........1.57 INS DEP....-1.18 IN ASOS.............1.47 INS TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........20.47 INS DEP....+4.99 INS ASOS............17.83 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 8AM.................0.0 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............0.9 IN DEP....-0.9 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............91.3 INS DEP...+31.9 INS RECORDS FOR APRIL 21 HIGH 85 IN 1923 LOW 22 IN 1908 PRE 3.18 INS IN 1991 SNOW 0.8 INS IN 1947 WIND 76 MPH NE IN 1940 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR APRIL 22 HIGH 85 IN 1977 LOW 26 IN 1981 PRE 1.85 INS IN 2000 SNOW 3.0 INS IN 1940 WIND 68 MPH NW IN 1945 (ESTIMATED) Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono