BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... COOL DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND....Under partly sunny skies the temperature has risen to just 70 this afternoon after a morning low on the summit of 58. The normal high and low are 77 and 59. Low temps in the surrounding areas ranged from the mid 40s to low 50s. With the dew point in the mid 50s, the visibility is good today in the 60-70 mile range. MJI NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... None scheduled. 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 45 SCT 250 -SCT 70 237/62/56/0409/023/ FEW ACSL DSNT E/ 8/541 51017 10062 20058 11 AM BHO SA 1455 25 SCT 250 -BKN 65 244/67/57/0608/025/ WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/501 51007 2 PM BHO SA 1755 25 SCT 200 SCT 250 -SCT 60 231/71/58/0507/021/ FEW MDT CU WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/501 58013 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 24: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........23 MPH NE AT 9:00 AM EDT AEROVANE.........25 MPH NE AT 9:00 AM EDT ASOS.............23 MPH ENE AT 3:43 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........10.1 MPH E ASOS............9.9 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 25: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........20 MPH ENE AT 8:58 AM EDT AEROVANE..........23 MPH ENE AT 8:55 AM EDT ASOS..............23 MPH ENE AT 8:53 AM EDT TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 MAX.....73 NORMAL.....77 ASOS.....74 AT 2:10 PM EDT MIN.....62 NORMAL.....59 ASOS.....62 AT MIDNIGHT PM EDT MEAN....68 NORMAL.....68 DEP.....0 DEP FOR MONTH....+91 August is averaging more than 3.5 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY................0 DEP........0 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............1 DEP.......-3 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........17 DEP......+13 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON.............N/A DIFF.....N/A 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.........4.32 INS DEP....+1.31 INS ASOS.............4.16 INS TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........36.85 INS DEP....+6.31 INS ASOS............33.60 INS RECORDS FOR AUGUST 25 HIGH 93 IN 1947, 1948 LOW 41 IN 1940 PRE 1.72 INS IN 1958 WIND 60 MPH SSW IN 1941 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR AUGUST 26 HIGH 96 IN 1900, 1948 LOW 46 IN 1885 PRE 5.85 INS IN 1924 WIND 55 MPH NNW IN 1947 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono