Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAC01257; Tue, 1 May 2001 14:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (q.harvard.net [140.239.141.140]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALQ42395; Tue, 1 May 2001 14:58:28 -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 f41IvEn29202; Tue, 1 May 2001 14:57:15 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010501131351.00aedba0@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:49:21 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 011400 HI THN SCT 30 80/41/NW06/3003F/LO 58 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 MAY 01 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced. SKYFEST CELEBRATION MAY 5 2001 AT BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY Make your plans now to attend our big celebration on May 5, 2001... SKYFEST 2001....It's open house at the Observatory that day with lots of activities planned. Please continue to look for updates on the event on this page. DAILY DISCUSSION....2 P.M. 5/1/2001 PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR APRIL 2001 7TH DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD....1.58 INS. TEMPS. AVERAGE 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... EARLY MAY RECORD HIGH TEMPS. BELOW... WE MAY HAVE ALREADY SET A RECORD HIGH MIN. TEMP. FOR MAY 1ST... Mean temp: 47.8 [ + 1.9 ] High/Low; 85/27 Total heating units: 513 [ -60 ] Total cooling units: 4 { +4 ] Total precip: 1.58 ins. [ - 2.47 ] Peak gust Aerovane: 53 MPH WNW ON 13TH/22ND Sunshine 9 points above normal at 58% RECORD HIGH TEMPS FOR EARLY MAY.... 5/1...87 IN 1899 5/2...88 IN 1930 5/3...84 IN 1942 5/4...87 IN 1944 5/5...92 IN 1949 The minimum temp. this morning, May 1st, would be a NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMP. FOR THIS DATE. The low was a very mild 58 and the record high minimum for this date is 57 in 1936. DAILY APRIL 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snow/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 33/30/32/-9/T/T/000/00/ 25 NNE 2 40/29/35/-6/T/T/015/02/ 24 N (Aero 30 N ) 3 48/27/38/-4/0/0/584/76/ WNW (Aero 34 WNW) 4 51/33/42/0/0/0/479/62/ 20 SSW (Aero 22 SSW ) 5 56/33/45/+3/0/0/760/98/ 26 NNW (Aero 30 NNW) 6 58/36/47/+4/0.25/0/054/07/ 29 S 7 44/33/39/-4/T/T/398/51/ 30 NNE 8 39/32/36/-7/0.51/T/000/00/ 28 SSE 9 68/38/53/+9/0.06/0/597/76/ 24 W 10 57/41/49/+5/0.01/0/679/86/ 18 NE (Aero 20 N ) 11 56/40/48/+4/0/0/317/40/ 23 S (Aero 26 S ) 12 47/40/44/-1/0.40/0/000/00/ 23 ESE 13 63/40/52/+7/0.01/239/30/ 50 WNW (Aero 53 WNW 14 59/40/50/+5/0/0/760/95/ 46 NW ( Aero 51 NW ) 15 59/37/48/+2/0/0/723/90/ 37 NW ( Aero 38 NW ) 16 54/37/46/0/0/0/572/71/ 21 NE 17 53/37/45/-1/T/0/210/26/ 24 ENE 18 51/31/41/-6/0.33/0.9/195/24/ 38 NNW (Aero 40 NNW ) 19 52/29/41/-6/0/0/707/87/ 31 WNW 20 65/36/51/+4/0/0/743/91/ 33 WSW 21 66/46/56/+8/T/0/393/48/ 35 S 22 85/51/68/+20/0.01/0/682/83/ 47 WNW (Aero 53 MPH WNW ) high temp. equaled the record... 23 78/51/65/+17/0/0/709/86/ 30 S 24 82/49/66/+17/T/0/695/84/ 39 WNW (Aero 42 MPH WNW ) new record high temp. 25 55/44/50/+1/0/0/033/04/ 37 WNW ( Aero 40 MPH WNW ) 26 55/39/47/-3/0/0/599/72/ 25 NE 27 63/38/51/+1/0/0/509/61/ 20 NNE 28 58/42/50/0/0/0/787/94/ 30 NNW 29 61/35/48/0/0/806/96/ 27 NW 30 73/43/58/+7/0/0/649/77/ 27 WNW THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 5/1/2001 TUE BHO SA 1155 CLR 20 190/64/37/E0502/009/ FEW AC E-ESE FEW CI ALQDS K LYR ALG ALL HRZNS DRK K LYR N AND S VSBY N 10 WNW 45 ABV INVSN WND L/V/ 8/041/ 51004 10064 20058 BHO SA 1455 CLR 30 188/74/38/3205/009/ CI S-W-N K LYR N-NE LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY N-NE 20 WNW 45/ 8/001/ 58002 BHO SA 1755 300 -SCT 30 171/80/41/3206/003/ FEW CU FRMG SW-NW FEW LWR CI W LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY NE-SE 20 WNW 45 WND LGT/ 8/101/ 58017 10081 20064 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY APRIL 30 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 73 MIN 43 // ASOS MAX 73 ASOS MIN 43 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 61/41 MEAN 58 [+ 7 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 62 degrees April was 2 degrees warmer than normal... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/1/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00 APRIL MONTH: 1.58 [ - 2.47 INS.] YEAR: 20.48 [ + 3.70 INS. ] SNOWFALL... FOR MONTH OF APRIL: 0.9 IN. SEASON: 91.3 INS. NORMAL SEASONAL TOTAL ABOUT 60 INCHES.... WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 26 MPH WNW AT 2:06 P.M. PEAK GUST: 27 MPH WNW AT 2:06 P.M. 420C chart) PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH WNW at 2:06 P.M. RECORDS FOR MAY 01 HIGH 87 IN 1899 LOW 29 IN 1978 PRECIP 2.53 INS 1921 WIND 57 MPH NW IN 1974 Robert Skilling...