Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAA05164; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:39:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALL86080; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:39:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by smtp.harvard.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3NId7N18588; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:39:07 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010423135030.00aa18a0@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:30:53 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 231400 CLR 55 73/43/S04/3016F/LO 53 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 MONDAY APRIL 23 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. 4/23/2001 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 22 EQUALED YESTERDAY.... PEAK WIND GUST TO 53 MPH WNW RECORDED BY AEROVANE... In a sudden burst of summer yesterday the thermometer shot up to the middle 80's. ASOS recorded a maximum of 85 at 4:02 P.M. EDT... The manual observation in the shelter as recorded on the liquid-in-glass thermometer was 84.5 (85) and MMTS also had 84.5 degrees. The high of 85 degrees EQUALS THE RECORD OF 85 SET ON APRIL 22, 1977. Winds frequently gusted past 40 MPH while gradually veering from W to WNW from 2 p.m. till 7:40 p.m. The peak gust registered by Aerovane and Maximum, Inc. Merlin was 53 MPH WNW at 6:33 p.m. ASOS recorded a peak of 46 MPH WNW at the same time. Our NWS 420C had 47 MPH WNW also at 6:33 p.m. 4/23/2001 MON 8 a.m. high thin scattered with 70 miles view.... temp: 57; wind nnw at 05 mph... BHO SA 1155 150 SCT 300 -SCT 70 237/57/43/3404/023/ SKY CLRG PST HR/ 8/038/ 51012 10058 20053 11 a.m. high scattered with view of 70 miles... temp: 66; wind se at 06 mph... BHO SA 1455 150 SCT 300 SCT 70 242/66/42/1405/025/ ACSL VCNTY STN CS LYR DSNT SE WND LGT/ 8/048/ 50005 2 p.m. clear with view of 55 miles.... temp: 73; wind s at 04 mph... BHO SA 1755 CLR 55 215/73/43/1903/016/ AC/ACSL W-NW FEW CI WND LGT/ 8/041/ 56027 10076 20057 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 52/29/41/-6/0/0/.../../ 31 WNW 20 65/36/51/+4/0/0/.../../ 33 WSW 21 66/46/56/+8/T/0/.../../ 35 S 22 85/51/68/+20/0.01/0/.../../ 47 WNW (Aero 53 WNW ) DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY APRIL 22 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 85 MIN 51 // ASOS MAX 85 ASOS MIN 51 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 58/39 MEAN 58 [+ 20 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 27 degrees April is averaging 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 4/23/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00 MONTH: 1.58 [ - 1.43 IN. ] YEAR: 20.48 [ + 4.74 INS. ] SNOWFALL... 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.0 MONTH: 0.9 IN. SEASON: 91.3 INS. NORMAL SEASONAL TOTAL ABOUT 60 INCHES.... WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 46 MPH WNW AT 6:33 P.M. PEAK GUST: 47 MPH WNW AT 6:33 P.M. (420C chart) PEAK GUST AERO: 53 MPH WNW at 6:33 P.M. RECORDS FOR APRIL 23 HIGH 85 IN 1908 LOW 25 IN 1989/1933 PRECIP 1.51 INS 1998 WIND 64 MPH WNW IN 1962 Robert Skilling...