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From: Robert Skilling <rskilling@bluehill.org>
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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
TUESDAY JULY 17 2001

P L E A S E !!!!
ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND....??? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN PLAN THE AMOUNT OF FOOD....
COME AND TALK WITH BRUCE SCHWOEGLER AND LISTEN TO HIS TALK....
COOKOUT HERE WEDNESDAY EVENING ON 7/18...PLEASE REGISTER...
(SEE BELOW ) 617-696-0389

OUR WEB CAM IS STILL OFF LINE....since June 30 thunderstorms...
We're not sure when it will get back on line as lightning has
damaged the computer connected to it among several other
instruments here at the Observatory.  This includes the
instrumentation that provides real time data to our web site.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/

A COOKOUT TO BE HELD HERE AT THE OBSERVATORY ON JULY 18....
THAT'S A WEDNESDAY EVENING....
time: starting at 5:00 P.M.
Our featured speaker: Bruce Schwoegler, formerly of Channel 4 BOSTON
Please register by calling Charlie Orloff @ 617-696-0389

DAILY DISCUSSION....2 P.M 7/17/2001

COOL JULY CONTINUES...

A cool wet July day today.....thru 2 p.m. high of 68 at 1:11 A.M.,
and low of 61 at 8 A.M.  Rainfall thru 2 p.m. of 0.14 inch.

July temperatures are averaging 3 degrees cooler than normal to date...

Please note that for tomorrow's date, July 18, we recorded our
highest record high minimum temperature for July and for any day of any
year of record at 54 degrees in three different years; 1892, 1956, and 1971.

TODAY'S DAILY OBSERVATIONS.......

7/17/2001 TUE
BHO SA 1155 25 SCT E60 BKN 80 OVC 9R- 163/62/61/0410/001/ STFRA FRMG ALQDS 
AND DRFTG BLO SMT S-E-S VSBY NE-S 6 PCPN VRY LGT WND GRDL VEERING/ 8/72// 
58004 6006/ 70006 100

BHO SA 1455 E4 OVC 4F 170/62/62/E0501/003/ CIG RGD FEW STFRA DRFTG BLO SMT 
WND LGT RE UKN/ 8/6/// 51007 6004/

BHO SA 1755 E4 BKN 12 OVC 4VR-F 170/64/64/2904/003/ CIG RGD STFRA DRFTG 
OCNL OVR AND BLO SMT VSBY 3V5/ 8/72// 58000 6008/ 10064 20062


DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY JULY 16...

TEMPERATURES....
MAX  80   MIN  60 // ASOS MAX  80 ASOS MIN  60
NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 82/62
MEAN 70 [ - 2 ]
TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: - 48

PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 7/17
24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.  ..0.06 INS.
ASOS..............................0.05 INS.
JULY 2001  TO DATE:       1.68 INS.
DEPARTURE FOR MONTH: - 0.08 INS.

YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 32.05 [ + 6.25 INS. ]

WIND DATA....
PEAK GUST ASOS: 17 MPH W AT 5:48 P.M.
PEAK GUST: 18 MPH W AT 8:38 A.M.
PEAK GUST AERO: 20 MPH NW AT 5:48 P.M.

DAILY JULY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL...
max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day
(Aero = the aerovane wind system )

7/1 85/54/70/+1/0.49/457/50/ 46 NW [ Aero 47 MPH NW ] TSTM
7/2 70/51/61/-8/0/903/99/ 33 WNW (Aero 36 MPH WNW )
7/3 73/53/63/-7/0/502/55/ 29 SSW
7/4 76/61/69/-1/0/465/51/ 29 S
7/5 81/62/72/+2/0.45/519/57/ 31 NW TSTM
7/6 70/56/63/-7/0/745/82/ 29 W
7/7 77/53/65/-5/0/781/86/ 27 SSW
7/8 72/62/67/-4/0.15/018/02/ 30 S
7/9 83/62/73/+2/0/.../../ 21 S
7/10 86/61/74/+3/0.45/.../.. 40 NW TSTM
7/11 75/60/68/-3/0.04/.../.. 36 NW TSTM
7/12 74/57/66/-5/T/.../.. 35 W
7/13 73/55/64/-7/0/.../../ 28 W
7/14 77/56/67/-4/0.04/.../../ 21 NW
7/15 78/58/68/-3/0/835/93/ 21 NW
7/16 80/60/70/-2/0/.../../ 18 W
7/17 (max thru 2 p.m. 68; min 61; 0.14 rain....

RECORDS FOR JULY 17
HIGH   96 IN 1999
LOW    47 IN 1892
PRECIP 1.39 INS 1989
PEAK GUST 46 MPH WNW IN 1971

RECORDS FOR JULY 18
HIGH   96 IN 1991,1999
LOW    54 IN 1892,1956,1971
PRECIP 1.65 INS 2000
PEAK GUST 43e MPH SW IN 1949

e = estimated gust

Robert Skilling