From: Robert Skilling To: Charlie Orloff (BHO) Subject: BLUEHILL MA 081300 OVC 50 35/18/WNW12/3044F/LO 24 Date: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:21 PM BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ THE JANUARY 2001 STATS ARE STILL ON THIS PAGE BELOW... DAILY DISCUSSION....1 P.M. 2/8/2001 February temperatures continue to average well above normal with the total departure now +39 degrees through the first week. This morning's low of 24 degrees was 6 degrees above the normal low of 18. We did a survey of total snowcover on the ground here at the summit this morning and still found an average of 15 inches. Reports from the surrounding local area below the summit shows the average of about 6 inches of snow cover on the ground early today. Our daily snowfall amounts for January and February can be found on this page below. DAILY FEBRUARY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snow/sun mins/%/pk gust (daily sunshine not yet available for 2/6 and 2/7) 1 45/30/38/+13/0/0/325/54/31 W 2 38/27/33/+8/0.02/0.2/060/10/24 W 3 32/18/25/-+/0/T/T/497/82/40 W 4 30/13/22/-3/0/0/176/29/ 20 S 5 36/26/31/+6/1.55/11.5/000/00/ 46 N 6 40/28/34/+8/0.08/1.0/.../../ 51 NW (62 mph NW Aero) 7 40/27/34/+8/0/0/.../../ 35 WNW 8 morning low 24 and max. thru 1 p.m. 35 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 40 MIN 27// ASOS MAX 40 ASOS MIN 27 MEAN 34 [+ 8 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 39 degrees February averaging about 5.5 degrees warmer than normal.. PRECIPITATION.... 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M...NONE MONTH: 1.65 [ + 0.61 ] YEAR: 4.80 [ - 0.39] SNOWFALL... 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M...NONE MONTH: 12.7 INS SEASON: 42.5 INS. PEAK GUST: 35 MPH WNW @ 10:28 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 38 MPH WNW @ 10:34 A.M. TODAY'S MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 2/8/2001 THU 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 50 309/25/18/2913/044/ PTCHS ACSL SSE-SW/ 8/048/ 4/015 51017 10027 20024 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E100 BKN 150 BKN 200 OVC 50 24/31/20/2911/049/ FEW LWR AC SW FEW THN SPTS INOVC SUN OCNL DMLY VSB/ 8/077/ 50015 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 70 SCT E150 OVC 50 308/35/18/2910/044/ VIRGA ALQDS SUN DMLY VSB/ 8/07// 58016 10035 20025 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 08 HIGH 60 IN 1933 LOW -09 IN 1934 PRECIP 2.50 INS IN 1945 WIND 63 MPH NE IN 1945 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 09 HIGH 58 IN 1990 LOW -21 IN 1934 ** PRECIP 2.12 INS IN 1969 WIND 89 MPH NE IN 1969 ** lowest temperature ever recorded... RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 10 HIGH 56 IN 1909 LOW -08 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.34 INS IN 1909 WIND 63 MPH NNW IN 1969 Robert Skilling THE JANUARY 2001 STATS.... (in brackets are departures from 30 year normals) Mean: 27.3 [ +2.0 ] High: 49/31st Low: 09/10th Total heating degree day total: 1160 [ -71 ] Heating season total to date: 3647 [ +102 ] Precip: 3.15 [ -1.00 ] Snow: 19.7 [ + 4.2 ] Sunshine: 51% of possible [ + 5% ] DAILY JANUARY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snow/sun mins/%/pk gust 1 31/18/25/-1/0/0/549/100/28 W 2 28/13/20/-6/0/0/490/89/28 NW 3 31/12/22/-4/0/0/512/93/24 NW 4 31/19/25/-1/0/0/282/51/22 W 5 31/18/25/-1/0.09/1.0/205/37/21 SE 6 35/27/31/+5/0.27/1.8/0 / 0 / 28 NW 7 34/21/28/+2/0/0/405/73/24 WNW 8 38/30/34/+8/0.09/1.0/183/33/14 N 9 31/18/25/-1/0.23/4.0/0 /0/ 27 W 10 23/9/16/-9/T/T/548/98/43 NNW 11 37/13/25/0/0/185/ 33/ 36 W 12 29/20/25/0/0/ 550/98/ 27 W 13 35/16/26/+1/0 / 0/ 417/74/ 21 WSW 14 41/25/33/+8/ 0 / 0 / 209/37/ 22 WSW 15 35/22/29/+4/ 0.50/ 2.5/ 0 / 0/ 25 NE 16 38/23/31/+6/ T / 0/068/12/30 WNW 17 39/24/32/+7/ 0 / 0/290/51/30 WNW 18 29/18/24/-1/ T/T/ 223/39/ 18 SSE 19 35/27/31/+6/0.50/0.3/ 0 /0/ 20 N 20 32/25/29/+4/0.17/1.5/0 / 0/ 31 NE 21 28/17/24/-1/0.68/7.5/185/32/ 38 NNW 22 33/14/24/-1/0 / 0/ 556/96/ 21 W 23 36/20/28/+3/ 0 /0/ 500/86/ 24 S 24 38/24/31/+6/ 0/ 0/ 262/45/ 21 NNW 25 38/23/31/+6/ 0/ 0/ 486/83/ 23 NNW 26 35/15/25/0/ 0 / 0/ 559/95/ 21 NNW 27 35/24/30/+5/ 0.01/0.1/ 0 / 0/ 30 WNW 28 33/21/27/+2/ 0 / 0/ 551/93/ 32 WNW 29 35/17/26/+1/ 0 / 0/ 576/ 97/ 24 SW 30 43/25/36/+9/ 0.56/ T /000 /00/ 38 ESE 31 49/31/40/+15/0.05/0/ 161 / 27/ 38 W Robert Skilling