From: Mike Iacono To: Subject: BLUE HILL MA 241300 OVC 35 46/27/WSW24G32/2961F HI/LO 50/35 Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 3:03 PM BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org THE DAILY DISCUSSION.... CLOUDS ADVANCE LATE THIS MORNING AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES.... Temperatures have risen to the upper 40s and low 50s across the area ahead of a relatively dry cold front moving through southern New England later today bringing the chance of a few light sprinkles or showers. Precipitation for the month of 9.66 inches makes this the third wettest March on record. - MJI NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A meeting is currently being planned for 7 PM, April 12 with guest speaker Christine Clayburg, WHDH-TV weekend meteorologist to be held at the Blue Hill Observatory. 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 CLR 70 041/36/25/2717G27/965/ FEW AC DSNT SW-NW PK WND 2727/50 WND 24V30/ 8/030 4/001 53027 10036 20035 10 AM BHO SA 1455 CLR 75 041/44/22/2516G24/965/ FEW CI DSNT S FEW SC DSNT W-N PK WND 2527/31/ WND 21V28/ 8/501 54000 1 PM BHO SA 1755 40 SCT E55 BKN 85 OVC 35 027/46/27/2521G29/961/ SUN DMLY VSBL PK WND 2538/10 WND 21V29/ 8/57/ 56014 10050 20036 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 23 PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY............40 MPH WNW AT 4:59 PM AEROVANE.........45 MPH WNW AT 10:21 AM ASOS.............40 MPH WNW AT 10:21 AM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR.........21.5 MPH WNW ASOS...........21.4 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 24 PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........41 MPH W AT 12:44 AM AEROVANE.........44 MPH W AT 12:44 AM ASOS.............40 MPH W AT 12:44 AM TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 23 MAX.....39 NORMAL.....47 ASOS.....40 AT 4:03 PM MIN.....31 NORMAL.....30 ASOS.....31 AT 2:35 AM MEAN....41 NORMAL.....38 DEP.....-3 DEP FOR MONTH.....-31 March is averaging about 1.5 degrees below normal per day HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............30 DEP.......+3 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........732 DEP......+31 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........5379 DEP......+77 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............4765 DIFF....+614 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....TRACE DEP....-0.14 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........9.66 INS DEP....+6.37 INS ASOS.............8.66 INS TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........15.49 INS DEP....+3.74 INS ASOS............13.20 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 7AM.................TRACE DEP....-0.4 INS TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH..............34.9 INS DEP...+26.4 INS TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............83.9 INS DEP...+30.4 INS RECORDS FOR MARCH 24 HIGH 70 IN 1920 LOW 6 IN 1906 PRE 1.51 INS IN 1956 SNOW 12.3 INS IN 1956 WIND 71 MPH W IN 1968 RECORDS FOR MARCH 25 HIGH 76 IN 1910 LOW 8 IN 1888, 1956 PRE 1.84 INS IN 1909 SNOW 1.0 INS IN 1912 WIND 69 MPH SE IN 1969 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono