Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAB25368; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:53:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALP77255; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:53:05 -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 f3SIpbn00826; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:51:37 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010428143503.00a7e890@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: miacono.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:52:18 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Mike Iacono Subject: BLUE HILL MA 281400 CLR 80 55/9/NW18G27/3017R/ HI/LO 55/45 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 28, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... BRIGHT SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY AIR RETURNS TO THE AREA... SEVENTH DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD... As of 2 PM, the dewpoint has dropped to 9 degrees on a temperature of 55, bringing the relative humidity down to 15%. A decent breeze has continued all day with gusts to 30 mph. The total precipitation for April is 1.58 inches, making this the 7th driest April on record so far. The driest Aprils at BHO occurred in 1892 (0.92), 1999 (1.17), and 1896 (1.32). - 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 100 SCT 75 189/47/28/3118G22/009/ 8/070 51027 10050 20046 11 AM BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 213/50/13/3216/016/ FEW AC DSNT E-S/ 8/070 51024 2 PM BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 216/55/9/3316G23/017/ PK WND 3226/33 WND 29V01/ 53003 10055 20046 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 27: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY............20 MPH NNE AT 8:15 AM EDT AEROVANE.........20 MPH NNE AT 8:15 PAM EDT ASOS.............17 MPH N AT 9:34 AM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR..........8.8 MPH N ASOS............8.9 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 28: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........30 MPH NW AT 1:33 PM EDT AEROVANE.........35 MPH NW AT 1:33 PM EDT ASOS.............N/A TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 27 MAX.....63 NORMAL.....60 ASOS.....63 AT 5:21 PM EDT MIN.....38 NORMAL.....40 ASOS.....38 AT 5:16 AM EDT MEAN....51 NORMAL.....50 DEP.....+1 DEP FOR MONTH....+60 April is averaging 2 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............14 DEP.......-1 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........474 DEP......-56 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........6096 DEP......+59 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............5430 DIFF....+665 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.........1.58 INS DEP....-2.08 IN ASOS.............1.48 INS TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........20.48 INS DEP....+4.09 INS ASOS............17.84 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....-1.5 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............91.3 INS DEP...+30.4 INS RECORDS FOR APRIL 28 HIGH 92 IN 1990 LOW 26 IN 1947 PRE 2.41 INS IN 1904 SNOW 10.0 INS IN 1987 WIND 69 MPH NE IN 1967 RECORDS FOR APRIL 29 HIGH 85 IN 1974 LOW 26 IN 1909 PRE 1.65 INS IN 1923 SNOW 1.0 INS IN 1987 WIND 54 MPH WSW IN 1981 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono