Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAC17543; Fri, 4 May 2001 10:12:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALT22720; Fri, 4 May 2001 10:12:42 -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 f44ECTX22463; Fri, 4 May 2001 10:12:29 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010504095645.00ae7d20@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: rskilling@bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 10:14:01 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Skilling Subject: BLUE HILL MA 040800 HI THN OVC 10 71/53/W14/3006R/ LO 66 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 FRIDAY MAY 04 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 TOMORROW 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....8 A.M. 5/4/2001 RECORD TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY... The high of 92 degrees yesterday smashed the old record for the date of 84 degrees set back 1942. The low temperature yesterday of 66 also set a high minimum record for the date. The old record was 58 degrees set back in 1983. Overnight low this morning was 66 degrees. The record high minimum for today is 56 degrees, so if the temperature does not drop below that before midnight tonight, then we'll have a new record high minimum for the date...stay tuned! THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... BHO SA 1155 300 -OVC 10 180/71/53/2812/006/ HAZY/ 8/007/ 51014 10071 20066 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY MAY 3 TEMPERATURES.... MAX 92 MIN 66 // ASOS MAX 91 ASOS MIN 65 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 62/42 MEAN 79 [+ 27] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 72 degrees May is averaging 24 degrees warmer than normal for the first 3 days... PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/4/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00 MAY MONTH: 0.00 [ - 0.39 INS.] YEAR: 20.48 [ + 3.31 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH WSW AT 2:14 P.M. PEAK GUST: 32 MPH W AT 2:23 P.M. 420C chart) PEAK GUST AERO: 32 MPH W at 10:49 A.M. RECORDS FOR MAY 04 HIGH 87 IN 1944 LOW 27 IN 1911 PRECIP 1.92 INS 1893 WIND 60 MPH NW IN 1966 RECORDS FOR MAY 05 HIGH 92 IN 1949 LOW 30 IN 1891 PRECIP 2.74 INS 1922 WIND 58 MPH S 1966, SW 1976 MFD