BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 2001 ON OUR PAGE.... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ OUR WEB CAM IS STILL OFFLINE....SORRY! No web cam currently available Next meeting of the BHO Weather Club... A JOINT MEETING WITH AMS (American Meteorology Society)THE GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER) over at AMS Headquarters in Boston in early September THE NEXT MEETING OF THE AMS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY SEPT. 5TH 2001 AT AMS HEADQUARTERS-45 BEACON ST. BEACON HILL SPEAKER- PAM PETERSON A EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SPECIALIST. PAM IS COORDINATOR FOR THE HURRICANE PROGRAM AND PROJECT IMPACT. TIME: 7:30 PM DAILY DISCUSSION.... 8/22/2001 ...A WARM AUGUST CONTINUES.... ...PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL... ...SUNSHINE NOW AT 54% OF POSSIBLE IS 4 POINTS BELOW AVERAGE... (all of our daily sunshine minutes have now been updated thru 8/21... The month of August is averaing more than 3.6 degrees warmer than normal with a total departure of +80 for the first 21 days. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8/22/2001 WED 8 a.m. clear with only 15 miles view with thin fog and smoke layer along horizons... view wnw is 20 miles....overnight low temp. 63 degrees....wind west at 10 mph.... BHO SA 1155 CLR 15 164/67/64/2809/001/ CI ENE-SE-SSW THN F ALQDS THN K LYR ALG HRZNS VSBY WNW 20/ 8/001/ 51009 10067 11 a.m. sunny with 30 miles view and 77 degrees; wind west at 08 mph.... BHO SA 1455 30 SCT 220 SCT 30 166/77/64/2807/002/ CU/FEW MDT CU FRMG CI ENE-SSW LGT HAZE WND 24V33/ 8/201/ 53002 2 p.m. mostly sunny with 35 miles average view...but 45 miles west-northwest temp. 80 and dewpoint 64; wind wnw at 07 mph; max. temp. 82 BHO SA 1755 38 SCT 200 SCT 35 163/80/64/3006/001/ MDT CU ALQDS DENSE CI LYR DSNT ENE-S LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY NE 25 WNW 45/ 8/202/ 56003 10082 20067 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 21... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 82 MIN 66 // ASOS MAX 82 ASOS MIN 66 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 77/60 MEAN 74 [ + 5 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 80 degrees August is averaging more than 3 1/2 degrees warmer than normal daily.... PRECIPITATION....ON 8/22 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..trace ASOS..............................0.00 IN. AUGUST 2001 TOTAL.......4.32 INS. DEPARTURE FOR MONTH: + 1.70 IN. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 36.85 [ + 6.72 ] ASOS TOTAL FOR AUGUST TO DATE: 4.16 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 8/21... PEAK GUST ASOS: 20 MPH SSW AT 6:41 P.M. PEAK GUST: 22 MPH SSW AT 4:52 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 22 MPH SSW AT 4:52 P.M. DAILY AUGUST 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 8/1 85/63/74/+2/0/823/95/ 21 ENE 8/2 91/67/79/+7/0/812/94/ 28 SW 8/3 90/68/79/+7/1.30/483/56/ 23 SSE (1.00 rain in 20 mins.) TSTM 8/4 76/68/72/+1/0.13/009/01/ 16 WNW TSTM 8/5 81/67/74/+3/0/249/29/ 17 SSE 8/6 90/68/79/+8/0/693/81/ 18 SSW 8/7 91/71/81/+10/0/776/91/ 32 W (Aero 33 MPH W ) 8/8 87/74/81/+10/0/766/90/ 18 S 8/9 96/75/86/+15/0/789/93/ 29 SSW 8/10 92/72/82/+11/0.46/313/37/ 56 W/ TSTM (Aero 56 MPH W) 8/11 73/64/69/-2/0/160/19/ 28 NE 8/12 65/62/64/-7/0.82/000/00/ 25 NE (Aero 26 MPH NE ] 8/13 77/62/70/-1/0.85/101/12/ 23 NW / TSTM 8/14 69/62/66/-4/0/067/08/ 29 NNE 8/15 75/59/67/-3/0/717/86/ 16 SE 8/16 82/60/71/+1/0/731/88/ 24 S 8/17 82/63/73/+3/0.34/481/58/ 39 W (Aero 41 MPH W)(TSTM) 8/18 81/66/74/+4/0/628/76/ 23 WSW 8/19 84/67/76/+7/0.01/601/73/ 21 SE 8/20 78/66/72/+3/0.41/041/05/ 20 ESE TSTM 8/21 82/66/74/+5/T/360/44/ 22 SSW 8/22 morning lo temp. 63; asos 64 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 22 HIGH 90 IN 1939 LOW 42 IN 1894 PRECIP 2.28 INS 1935 PEAK GUST 44 MPH SSW IN 1987 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 23 HIGH 88 IN 1918,1947,1949,1996 LOW 45 IN 1923 PRECIP 1.37 INS 1955 PEAK GUST 60e MPH NW IN 1940 e = estimated gust Robert Skilling