From: Mike Iacono To: Subject: BLUE HILL MA 031300 OVC 12S- 27/2/NE10/2990R HI/LO 28/21 PRE:0.06" SN:1.0" Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 3:31 PM BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org THE DAILY DISCUSSION.... LIGHT SNOW ACROSS EASTERN MASS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING.... brings 1.0" of new snow at Blue Hill through 1000E on Saturday. With the sun occasionally visible through the overcast, flurries continue into early afternoon. NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A meeting is currently being planned for April 12 with guest speaker Christine Clayburg, WHDH-TV weekend meteorologist. Time and location will be announced later. BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet. Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html The main page for this site is: http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html Today's observations: 7 AM BHO SA 1155 -X E15 OVC 3S-F 094/21/18/3507/981/ SF2 VSBY LWRG TOTAL NEW SNOW PST 24 HRS 0.7 IN/ 8/5// 4/001 53030 6003/ 70005 10023 20021 10 AM BHO SA 1455 15 SCT E35 OVC 6S- 108/25/20/0107/985/ PCPN VRY LGT SUN DMLY VSBL NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 0.3 IN/ 8/5// 51014 6001/ 1 PM BHO SA 1755 E15 BKN 35 OVC 12S- 125/27/22/0509/990/ PCPN VRY LGT TOTAL NEW SNOW PST 6 HRS 0.3 IN/ 8/5// 53017 6001/ 10028 20021 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 2: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY............18 MPH N AT 12:20 AM AEROVANE.........20 MPH N AT 12:20 AM ASOS.............16 MPH N AT 12:20 AM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR..........6.2 MPH, NE ASOS............5.8 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 3: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........18 MPH NE AT 11:37 AM AEROVANE.........19 MPH NE AT 11:37 AM ASOS.............17 MPH ENE AT 12:40 PM TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 2: MAX.....26 NORMAL.....39 ASOS.....26 AT 3:11 PM MIN.....16 NORMAL.....23 ASOS.....17 AT 7:00 AM MEAN....21 NORMAL.....31 DEP.....-10 DEP FOR MONTH.....-19 March is averaging about 10 degrees below normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............44 DEP......+10 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............87 DEP......+19 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........4734 DEP......+65 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............4224 DIFF....+510 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....0.05 IN DEP....-0.10 IN ASOS.............0.02 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.05 IN DEP....-0.25 IN ASOS.............0.02 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........5.88 INS DEP....-2.88 INS ASOS.............4.54 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 7AM.................0.7 IN DEP....+0.3 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............0.7 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............49.7 INS DEP....+3.9 INS RECORDS FOR MARCH 3 HIGH 64 IN 1991 LOW -1 IN 1950 PRE 2.36 INS IN 1972 SNOW 12.8 INS IN 1960 WIND 78 MPH E IN 1942 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR MARCH 4 HIGH 69 IN 1974 LOW -5 IN 1950 PRE 1.80 INS IN 1960 SNOW 17.3 INS IN 1960 WIND 81 MPH SSW IN 1971 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono