Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas2.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAC42668; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:26:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.harvard.net (liferaft.harvard.net [140.239.141.144]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ALX79752; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:26:03 -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 f4JIPiK00722; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:25:48 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010519133852.00a68500@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: miacono.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 14:25:42 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Mike Iacono Subject: BLUE HILL MA 191400 BKN 40 73/46/NW16G26/2976F HI/LO 75/52 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 SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER CONTINUES WITH NUMEROUS CUMULUS CLOUDS TODAY.... A brief shower fell well to the east of the hill this morning, though none was recorded at the observatory. There was just 0.01 inch here in a shower early Friday morning. The total for the month is now 0.26". The driest May on record was 0.50" in 1944. The total precipitation for April and May is now 1.84", which is well below the driest April-May on record of 2.65" recorded in 1899. - MJI NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... None Scheduled. 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: 8 AM BHO SA 1155 CLR 10 090/57/52/2508/980/ HAZY CI S-SW FEW CUFRA VCNTY STN WND LGT/ 8/101 54000 70001 10057 20052 11 AM BHO SA 1455 E35 BKN 15 083/68/52/2908/978/ HAZY FEW MDT CU WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/500 56007 2 PM BHO SA 1455 35 SCT E60 BKN 90 BKN 40 076/73/46/3214G23/976/ FEW MDT CU WND 29V35/ 8/570 56007 10075 20057 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MAY 18: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........29 MPH S AT 6:00 PM EDT AEROVANE.........30 MPH S AT 6:00 PM EDT ASOS.............28 MPH S AT 6:00 PM EDT AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR.........11.8 MPH SSW ASOS............11.5 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, MAY 19: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 2 PM..........26 MPH NW AT 1:53 PM EDT AEROVANE..........30 MPH NW AT 1:53 PM EDT ASOS..............N/A TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, MAY 18 MAX.....59 NORMAL.....67 ASOS.....59 AT 10:30 AM EDT MIN.....46 NORMAL.....47 ASOS.....46 AT 4:17 AM EDT MEAN....53 NORMAL.....57 DEP.....-4 DEP FOR MONTH....+118 May is averaging more than 6 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............12 DEP.......+4 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........132 DEP......-57 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........6266 DEP.......-2 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON............5610 DIFF....+656 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 AM....0.01 IN DEP....-0.11 IN ASOS.............0.01 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.26 IN DEP....-1.98 INS ASOS.............0.26 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........20.74 INS DEP....+1.72 INS ASOS............18.10 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 8AM.................0.0 IN DEP.....0.0 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............0.0 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............91.3 INS DEP...+30.0 INS RECORDS FOR MAY 19 HIGH 91 IN 1962 LOW 36 IN 1891, 1944 PRE 1.54 INS IN 1900 WIND 58 MPH NW IN 1964 RECORDS FOR MAY 20 HIGH 91 IN 1975, 1996 LOW 37 IN 1948 PRE 1.65 INS IN 1969 WIND 57 MPH S IN 1963, WNW IN 1982 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono