BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY JULY 06 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club.... A COOK OUT TO BE HELD HERE AT THE OBSERVATORY ON JULY 18.... time: starting at 5:00 P.M. Our featured speaker: Bruce Schwoegler Watch for more details in our daily climat reports.... DAILY DISCUSSION....11 A.M 7/6/2001 ALREADY NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH... 0.49 rainfall fell on the 1st during late afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Additional showers and storm occurred yesterday. 0.23 fell during the early morning showers with 0.22 during the late afternoon thunderstorms. This brings the monthly total to 0.94", which is 0.39" above normal for the first 5 days of the month. DAILY OBSERVATIONS....... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E100 BKN 60 116/60/54/3012G17/987/ ACCAS ALQDS THN K LYR NW-NE/ 8/080/ 52020 70022 10063 20059 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 126/66/50/2816G22/990/ FEW SC SW-NW-NE AC LYR DSNT NE-SE FEW CI E-S/ 8/571/ 51010 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY JULY 05... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 81 MIN 62 // ASOS MAX 81 ASOS MIN 63 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 80/60 MEAN 72 [ + 2 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: - 13 PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.22 INS. JULY 2001 TO DATE: 0.94 INS. DEPARTURE FOR MONTH: + 0.39 INS. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 31.30 [ + 6.72 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH WNW AT 4:44 P.M. PEAK GUST: 31 MPH NW AT 4:44 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 32 MPH NW AT 4:44 P.M. DAILY JULY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 7/1 85/54/70/+1/0.49/.../../ 46 NW [ Aero 47 MPH NW ] 7/2 70/51/61/-8/0/.../../ 33 WNW (Aero 36 MPH WNW ) 7/3 73/53/63/-7/0/.../../ 29 SSW 7/4 76/61/69/-1/0/.../../ 29 S 7/5 81/62/72/+2/0.45/.../../ 31 NW 7/6 Morning low 59 degrees RECORDS FOR JULY 06 HIGH 98 IN 1911 LOW 47 IN 1979 PRECIP 1.04 INS 1931 PEAK GUST 56e MPH NNW IN 1945 WNW IN 1999 RECORDS FOR JULY 07 HIGH 97 IN 1908, 1993 LOW 48 IN 1902 PRECIP 2.11 INS 1966 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1989 e = estimated gust MFD / NTC