Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAF76028; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:29:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AML90030; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:29:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by smtp.harvard.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f5CITMb06891; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:29:22 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010612132306.00aa8600@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:29:00 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 121400 OVC 6H 69/63/NW06/2983F/LO 60 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY JUNE 12 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ THERE IS A BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR WED. EVENING, JUNE 13TH... TIME: 6 P.M. here at the Observatory.... The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced. VOLUNTEER WEEK-END TOUR GUIDES NEEDED... PLEASE EMAIL US.....OR CALL... We are having a training session for anyone wishing to come and help us do week-end public tours here at Blue Hill Observatory. The date is Saturday, July 14, 2001, right here at the Observatory. The training will be done in conjunction with actual public tours which will be going on that day. We pay you a mileage re-imbursement of 30 cents per mile. We will provide a free lunch for those attending this session which will be directed by Don McCasland. Please contact us via email or telephone at 617-696-1014. DAILY DISCUSSION....2 P.M 6/12/2001 RAINFALL TOTALS 1.27 INCHES HERE.... Thunder was heard from 9:07 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. overnight and downpours of rain totaled 1.27 inches in the standard rain gage and 1.18 inches in the ASOS tipping bucket. Maximum rainfall rates occurred just before midnight with a maximum of about 0.45 inches for 30 minutes ending at 11:58 p.m. and 0.63 inches for one hour ending at 12:26 a.m. These amounts are corrected to reflected standard gage totals. TODAY'S DAILY OBSERVATIONS.... 6/12/2001 TUE 8 a.m. fog with 1.75 miles visibility and 63 degrees... wind nw at 07 mph... 6/12/2001 TUE BHO SA 1155 E3 OVC 13/4F 089/63/62/3206/979/ STRA DRFTNG OCNL OVR AND DRFTG BLO SMT SUN OCNL DMLY VSB VSBY INCRSNG/ 8/6/// 53013 6000/ 70127 10063 20060 11 a.m. low overcast with 7 miles visibility with thin fog.. temp. 65; dewpoint 63; wind nnw at 06 mph.... BHO SA 1455 E7 BKN 13 OVC 7 102/65/63/3305/983/ CIG RGD HIER CLDS VSB THN F ALQDS VSBY SE-SW 8 N-NE 6/ 8/6/// 53013 2 p.m. still cloudy but some thin spots in overcast and visibility now 6 miles in haze temp. 69; dewpoint 63; wind nw at 06 mph.... BHO SA 1755 16 SCT E24 BKN 44 OVC 6H 100/69/63/3105/983/ FEW SML THN SPTS IOVC OVHD VSBY N-E 5 SW 8/ 8/5/// 58002 10069 20063 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY JUNE 11.. TEMPERATURES.... MAX 78 MIN 61 // ASOS MAX 78 ASOS MIN 61 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 74/54 MEAN 70 [+ 6] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: +15 degrees June is averaging 1.2 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL daily... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 6/12/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...1.27 ins. (ASOS 1.18 INS. ) THE MONTH OF JUNE: 2.37 [ + 1.05 INS.] YEAR: 25.33 [ + 3.41 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 38 MPH S AT 10:37 P.M. PEAK GUST: 38 MPH S AT 10:37 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 41 MPH S at 10:37 P.M. DAILY JUNE 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 71/45/58/-3/0/669/74/ 25 S 2 66/52/59/-3/1.03/000/00/ 39 SSE (Aero 40 MPH SSE ) 3 65/51/58/-4/0.07/209/23/ 25 NW 4 69/52/61/-1/0/372/41/ 31 W (Aero 34 MPH WNW ) 5 73/52/63/0/0/718/79/ 28 WNW (Aero 29 MPH WNW ) 6 73/56/65/+2/0/.../../ 30 NW (Aero 34 MPH NW ) 7 77/53/65/+2/0/.../../ 20 WNW 8 79/56/68/+5/0/.../../ 22 NW 9 80/58/69/+5/0/.../../ 20 NW 10 82/58/70/+6/0/.../../ 24 ENE (Aero 29 MPH W ) 11 78/61/70/+6/1.26/.../../ 38 S (Aero 41 MPH S ) 12 /60/../0.01/ RECORDS FOR JUNE 12 HIGH 92 IN 1973 LOW 40 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.79 INS 1955 WIND 58 MPH NW IN 1991 RECORDS FOR JUNE 13 HIGH 93 IN 1988 LOW 43 IN 1982 PRECIP 6.07 INS 1998 WIND 69 MPH N IN 1956 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling