Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAH14954; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AMR03467; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:28:22 -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 f5IIS9T24203; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:28:09 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010618133854.00b0d4c0@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:28:26 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 181400 CLR 45 79/53/WNW13G20/3015R/LO 61 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 MONDAY JUNE 18 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ 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 6/18/2001 A NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL TOTAL FOR 6/17 WAS THE 2.79 INCHES IN STANDARD GAGE YESTERDAY ASOS TOTAL 2.68 INCHES.... The heavy TROPICIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAINFALL yesterday associated with the remains of Tropical Depression ALLISON dropped almost one inch (0.96 inch) in just 20 minutes and 1.55 inches in one hour. Thunder was heard shortly after noon and continued through 5:45 p.m. A peak wind gust to 33 MPH SSE AT 12:31 p.m. ahead of the big rains..... TODAY'S DAILY OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. 6/18/2001 MON BHO SA 1155 CLR 25 190/66/59/3213G20/009/ HAZY/ 51033 70279 10066 20061 BHO SA 1455 CLR 45 207/74/49/3313G23/014/ LGT HAZE WND 31V03/ 51017 BHO SA 1755 CLR 45 211/79/53/3011G17/015/ FEW SML CU SW-NW LGT HAZE/ 8/100/ 53004 10079 20066 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY JUNE 17... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 77 MIN 65 // ASOS MAX 77 ASOS MIN 65 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 75/56 MEAN 71 [ + 6 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 60 degrees June is averaging 3.3 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL daily... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 6/15/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..2.79 INS. THE MONTH OF JUNE: 5.16 [ + 3.16 INS.] YEAR: 28.12 [ + 5.52 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 33 MPH SSE AT 12:31 P.M. PEAK GUST: 33 MPH SSE AT 12:31 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 34 MPH SSE at 12:31 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/+2/0/746/82/ 30 NW (Aero 34 MPH NW ) 7 77/53/65/+2/0/720/79/ 20 WNW 8 79/56/68/+5/0/839/92/ 22 NW 9 80/58/69/+5/0/785/86/ 20 NW 10 82/58/70/+6/0/749/82/ 24 ENE (Aero 29 MPH W ) 11 78/61/70/+6/1.26/.../../ 38 S (Aero 41 MPH S ) 12 71/58/65/+1/0.01/.../../ 29 SSE 13 82/58/70/+5/0/.../../ 23 SSW (Aero 25 MPH SSW ) 14 87/62/75/+10/0/.../../ 17 S 15 89/66/78/+13/0/.../../ 23 SSW 16 86/66/76/+11/0/.../../ 25 S 17 77/65/71/+ 6/2.79/.../../ 33 SSE (Aero 34 MPH SSE) 18 morning lo temp. 61 degrees... RECORDS FOR JUNE 18 HIGH 93 IN 1929/1994 LOW 39 IN 1920 PRECIP 3.36 INS 1998 PEAK GUST 48e MPH W IN 1943 RECORDS FOR JUNE 19 HIGH 92 IN 1923 LOW 40 IN 1920 PRECIP 3.92 INS 1922 WIND 66e MPH NW IN 1940 e = estimated Robert Skilling