BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY DECEMBER 27 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....12/27/2001...@ 1 P.M. COLD WEST WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.... FEELING QUITE COLD FOR FIRST TIME THIS WINTER..... TEMPERATURES REMAINING SUB-FREEZING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... Our low temperature reached 19 degrees this morning for the coldest temperature of the season to date and a high of 29 degrees degrees with very gusty winds was making it feel very cold today. Yesterday's precipitation was just a trace of snow.... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 12/27/2001 THU BHO SA 1155 CLR 25 004/20/14/2710/954/ SC DSNT NE-E OFFSHR FEW SC NW-N FEW CI ABV THN FH ALQDS HVY FROST ALL SFCS/ 8/501 52010 10025 20020 BHO SA 1455 CLR 25 007/25/18/2815G22/955/SC NW-NE WND HAZY WND 22V34/ 8/500 50003 BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 35 997/29/12/2822G31/952/ VSBY WNW 45 HAZY PK WND 2835/35/ WND 24V34/ 8/100/ 58014 10029 20019 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 32 MIN: 26 // ASOS MAX: 32 ASOS MIN: 26 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 35/20 MEAN 29 [+ 2] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 236 DECEMBER is averaging 9 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 12/27 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... trace ASOS......................0.01 IN. (false tip) DEC. TOTAL................3.56 IN. (STD GAGE) DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.30 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 45.53 {- 2.32 IN. ] SNOWFALL.... ON 12/27 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... trace DEC. TOTAL............. 10.1 IN. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 10.1 IN. WIND DATA....FOR 12/26 PEAK GUST ASOS: 14 MPH NW AT 11:50 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 15 MPH NW AT 11:50 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 17 MPH NW AT 11:50 P.M. PRELIMINARY DAILY DEC. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 12/1 70/45/58/+23/0/0/536/96/ 36 WSW (Aero 36 MPH SW ) 12/2 49/38/44/+9/0/0/006/01/ 21 WNW 12/3 52/35/44/+10/0/0/556/100/ 31 MPH SSW (Aero 33 MPH SSW ) 12/4 56/41/49/+15/T/0/516/93/ 24 SW 12/5 65/46/56/+22/0.01/0/393/71/ 24 SSW 12/6 70/52/61/+28/0/0/221/40/ 40 SW (Aero 42 MPH SW ) 12/7 55/39/47+14/0/0/490/89/ 22 ENE 12/8 40/30/35/+3/0.23/2.5/204/37/ 20 NNW 12/9 32/27/30/-2/0.62/6.0/011/02/ 22 ENE 12/10 40/27/34/+2/0/0/487/85/ 20 S 12/11 45/36/41/+10/0/0/192/35/ 18 NNE (Aero 20 mph NNE ) 12/12 40/34/37/+6/0/0/000/00/ 28 NE 12/13 49/37/43/+12/0.05/0/000/00/ 23 SW 12/14 54/44/49/+19/0.55/0/011/02/ 29 NNW 12/15 44/27/36/+6/0.11/T/076/14/ 31 NW (Aero 36 MPH NW) 12/16 37/24/31/+1/0/0/518/95/ 32 NW 12/17 40/26/33/+4/0.68/1.4/000/00/ 28 SE 12/18 40/31/36/+7/0.55/0.2/000/00/ 37 NW 12/19 45/31/38/+9/0/0/468/78/ 31 W 12/20 42/33/38/+9/T/0/022/04/ 35 W (Aero 33 MPH W 12/21 38/27/33/+5/T/T/245/45/ 40 NW 12/22 38/23/30/+2/0/0/544/100/ 29 NW 12/23 44/22/33/+5/0/0/.../../ 27 S 12/24 47/30/39/+11/0.75/0/000/00/ 32 SE 12/25 36/26/31/+4/0/0/512/94/ 24 W 12/26 32/26/29/+2/T/T/016/03/ 15 NW (Aero 17 MPH NW ) 12/27 morning lo temp. 19 degrees... RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 27 HIGH 57 IN 1895,1949 LOW - 4 IN 1903 PRECIP 2.43 INS 1969 SNOWFALL: 11.2 INS. 1947 PEAK GUST 89 MPH SSE IN 1983 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 28 HIGH 60 IN 1982 LOW - 2 IN 1933 PRECIP 2.16 INS 1967 SNOWFALL: 9.5 INS. 1967 PEAK GUST 89 MPH SSE IN 1983 e = estimated Robert Skilling