Return-Path: Received: from mr1.harvard.net (postoffice.harvard.net [140.239.140.175]) by mas1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AAC69665; Thu, 31 May 2001 11:06:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Weather1.bluehill.org (wks101.bluehill.org [140.239.249.101]) by mr1.harvard.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AMD41253; Thu, 31 May 2001 11:05:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20010531103746.00afa530@postoffice.harvard.net> X-Sender: mdouglas.bluehill.org@postoffice.harvard.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:06:55 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Matthew Douglas Subject: BLUE HILL MA 311100 BKN 70 55/37/NW29G40/2985F/ LO 41 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 THURSDAY MAY 31 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced. All of our daily May data is contained on this page below. DAILY DISCUSSION....11 A.M 5/31/2001 WIND GUSTS TO ALMOST 50 MPH LAST EVENING...LOW DEWPOINTS FOR THIS TIME YEAR HELPING TO YIELD GREAT VISIBILITY... Winds really increased during the afternoon and evening yesterday. They gusted to 48 MPH WNW on Aerovane, 44 MPH WNW on both the NWS gust recorder and on ASOS. Other gusts include.. Maximum Inc. Maestro: 49 MPH Maximum Inc. Merlin.: 55 MPH Thanks to the low dewpoints and very crisp air, visibility has been superb for late May. Today is the second day in a row with a view exceeding 60-70 miles. Just wonderful late May weather, albeit a tad chilly! THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 40 SCT 70 114/48/38/2919G33/987/ FEW MDT CU DSNT S ACSL WSW-NW DENSE CI NW PK WND 2933/49/ 8/542/ 51003 10048 20041 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E40 BKN 70 107/55/37/3125G35/985/ HIR CLDS VSBL ALQDS/ 8/241/ 58007 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 30... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 61 MIN 43 // ASOS MAX 61 ASOS MIN 44 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 71/51 MEAN 52 [- 9] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 92 degrees May is averaging 3.1 degrees warmer than normal for the first 30 days.. PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/31/2001 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...TRACE THE MONTH OF MAY: 2.48 [ - 1.20 INS.] YEAR: 22.96 [ + 2.36 INS. ] WIND DATA.... PEAK GUST ASOS: 44 MPH WNW AT 8:48 P.M. PEAK GUST: 44 MPH WNW AT 8:35 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 48 MPH WNW at 8:48 P.M. DAILY MAY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 1 85/58/72/+20/0/786/93/ 28 E 2 92/62/77/+25/0/796/94/ 24 WNW 3 92/66/79/+27/0/782/92/ 32 W 4 90/66/78/+25/0/699/82/ 28 WNW 5 71/45/58/+5/0.01/418/49/ 30 NNE 6 54/38/46/-7/0/839/98/ 30 ENE 7 68/35/52/-2/0/859/100/ 24 S 8 72/39/56/+2/0/862/100/ 27 S 9 74/45/60/+6/0/795/92/ 24 SW 10 81/47/64/+9/0/823/95/ 24 NW 11 85/58/72/+17/0/746/86/ 24 SSE 12 88/58/73/+18/T/626/72/ 43 W (Aero 46 MPH W ) 13 61/48/55/-1/0/044/05/ 32 NNW 14 66/42/54/-2/0.01/621/71/ 37 NW 15 55/46/51/-5/0.03/009/01/ 32 NE (Aero 35 MPH NE ) 16 47/45/46/-11/0.20/000/00/ 39 NE (Aero 40 MPH NE) 17 60/46/53/-4/0/009/01/ 16 SSE 18 59/46/53/-4/0.01/035/04/ 29 S 19 75/47/61/+3/0/0/522/59/ 32 ENE 20 64/46/55/-3/0/0/700/79/ 20 NE 21 66/48/57/-1/0/0/.../../ 24 ESE 22 53/49/51/-7/0.78/000/00/ 29 NE 23 65/49/57/-2/0.05/.../../ 30 NE 24 62/49/56/-3/..../.../../ 38 ENE 25 62/49/56/-4/..../.../../ 26 ESE 26 69/49/59/-1/..../.../../ 21 E 27 65/54/60/0/0.01/.../../ 21 E 28 67/54/61/+1/0.11/.../../ 39 S (Aero 42 MPH S) 29 70/51/61/0/0.30/.../../ 30 SW 30 61/43/52/-9/TRACE/../ 44 WNW RECORDS FOR MAY 31 HIGH 92 IN 1944, 1987 LOW 35 IN 1961 PRECIP 5.02 INS 1984 WIND 54e MPH WNW IN 1945 RECORDS FOR JUNE 1 HIGH 90 IN 1937 LOW 36 IN 1945 PRECIP 2.28 INS 1992 WIND 51e MPH SE IN 1952 MFD / DPO