BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY AUGUST 31 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...now being announced as a joint meeting... 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.....8/31/2001 @ 2 P.M. AUGUST 2001....ANOTHER VERY WARM MONTH.... ...2ND WARMEST AUGUST ON OUR RECORD.....MORE THAN 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY... ...PRECIPITATION IS ABOVE NORMAL...AT 4.83 INCHES...NORMAL FOR AUGUST IS 3.92 INCHES... ...FOR THE SUMMER PRECIPITATION IS 14.40 INS. [ + 3.95 INS.] August 2001 will easily become our 2nd warmest August on the entire record here at Blue Hill. Through the 30th the 24-hr. corrected mean temp. is 72.0 degrees and the warmest August on record is 72.5 in 1988. The third warmest will now become 71.5 degrees in 1969 and 1973. We've recorded 61% of the possible bright sunshine thru 8/30. Normal for August is 58%. A peak gust to 35 MPH S has been recorded through 2 p.m. today on Aerovane at 1:32 P.M. A brief sprinkle of rain occurred between 11 a.m. and noon today. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8/31/2001 FRI 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 70 SCT 25 150/69/66/1815G20/997/ SKY CLRG CLR SKY SW-N HAZY AND H ALF/ 8/030/ 54000 10069 20067 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E16 BKN 23 OVC 10 147/75/69/2015G19/996/ FEW LWR SC SUN OCNLY VSB HAZY/ WND 17V23/ 8/5/// 58003 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 18 SCT 10 129/81/70/1918G27/991/ SCT OCNL BKN FEW MDT CU HAZY PK WND 1928/32/ WND 16V22/ 8/200/ 57018 6000/ 10081 20069 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 30... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 75 MIN 60 // ASOS MAX 75 ASOS MIN 60 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 76/58 MEAN 73 [ + 7 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 104 degrees August is averaging about 3.5 degrees warmer than normal daily.... PRECIPITATION....ON 8/31 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. AUGUST 2001 TOTAL.......4.83 INS. DEPARTURE FOR MONTH: + 1.04 IN. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL: 4.76 INS. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 37.36 [ + 6.04 WIND DATA....FOR 8/30... PEAK GUST ASOS: 26 MPH S AT 11:21 P.M. PEAK GUST: 28 MPH S AT 11:01 P.M. (EST) PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH W AT 11:35 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 83/63/73/+5/0/693/85/ 21 W 8/23 82/65/74/+6/0/407/50/ 18 W 8/24 73/62/68/0/0/664/82/ 23 NE 8/25 71/58/65/-3/0/799/99/ 23 ENE 8/26 78/57/68/0/0/733/91/ 29 SSW 8/27 81/64/73/+5/0.51/217/27/ 27 SSW TSTM 8/28 82/65/74/+7/T/584/73/ 29 W 8/29 79/61/70/+3/0/797/100/ 22 NW 8/30 75/60/68/+1/0/667/84/ 28 S 8/31 morning lo temp: 67; afternoon high thru 2 p.m: 81 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 31 HIGH 94 IN 1953 LOW 42 IN 1976 PRECIP 2.46 INS 1954 PEAK GUST 125 MPH SE IN 1954 ** ** Hurricane CAROL RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 01 HIGH 93 IN 1969 LOW 47 IN 1975 PRECIP 1.60 INS 1927 PEAK GUST 59e S 1945/ 59 MPH SSW IN 1965 e = estimated Robert Skilling