BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 09 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....11/9/2001...10 A.M. Temperatures rose into the low 50's (52 degrees) ahead of a cold frontal passage early this morning. Then, light rain showers produced just 0.06 of an inch of rain beginning at 4:15 a.m. and ending at about 5:30 a.m. Gusty WNW winds reached 46 MPH on Aerovane and 45 MPH on ASOS at 9:21 A.M. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 11/9/2001 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E55 OVC 50 129/45/37/2917G27/991/ FEW LWR CUFRA ENE SCCAS DSNT SSE BINOVC/LINE OF CLRG XTDNG SW-N VSBY NW 60 SE 35/ PK WND 2929/29/ 8/800/ 53021 6006/ 70006 10052 20045 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 38 SCT 200 SCT 80 153/45/30/2922G35/998/ DENSE CI LYR DSNT ENE -DSNT SSE BRFLY VIRGA W-WNW DSSPTD PST HR PK WND 2939/21/ 8/502/ 51024 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 08.. TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 54 MIN: 35 // ASOS MAX: 53 ASOS MIN: 35 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 53/37 MEAN 45 [+ 0] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +35 degrees Nov. is averaging 4 degrees WARMER than normal..... PRECIPITATION....ON 11/09 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.06 IN. ASOS......................0.06 IN. NOV. TOTAL................0.63 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 0.60 IN. Nov. snowfall: TRACE PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.50 {+ 1.06 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 11/08 PEAK GUST ASOS: 35 MPH S AT 11:15 P.M. PEAK GUST: 35 MPH S AT 11:15 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 36 MPH S AT 11:15 P.M. DAILY NOV. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 11/1 66/48/57/+10/0.13/0/359/58/ 28 SW 11/2 71/54/63/+16/0/0/253/41/ 37 SSW (Aero 38 MPH SSW ) 11/3 61/47/54/+8/0.27/0/012/02/ 31 SSW (Aero 32 MPH SSW) 11/4 58/43/51/+5/0/0/416/68/ 18 S 11/5 47/36/42/-4/0.17/T/195/32/ 36 NW (Aero 38 MPH NW ) 11/6 51/36/44/-1/0/0/.../../ 42 NW (Aero 44 MPH NW ) 11/7 56/36/46/+1/0/0/.../../ 48 WNW (Aero 48 MPH WNW ) 11/8 54/35/45/0/0/0/.../../ 35 S (Aero 36 MPH S ] 11/9 morning low temp. 43 degrees...rainfall 0.06 inch peak gust on Aerovane thru 10 a.m. is 46 MPH WNW.... RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 09 HIGH 72 IN 1975 LOW 17 IN 1971 PRECIP 1.37 INS 1969 SNOWFALL: 0.2 INS. 1921, 1923 PEAK GUST 73e MPH S IN 1943 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 21 IN 1992 PRECIP 2.11 INS 1888 SNOWFALL: 2.2 INS. 1987 PEAK GUST 83e MPH S IN 1942 e = estimated Robert Skilling