BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... CLOUDY SKIES TODAY WITH SUN ONLY PARTLY VISIBLE..... A very light and brief rain shower occurred at the Observatory at 12:45 pm today with occasional virga visible falling from the mid-level clouds. 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: 7 AM BHO SA 1155 E110 BKN 150 OVC 75 192/34/26/2510/010/ BINOVC DSNT ESE-SE AND DSNT NW FEW SC DSNT S/ 8/57/ 56003 10034 20032 10 AM BHO SA 1455 90 SCT E130 OVC 55 179/42/27/2310/006/ BINOVC DSNT SE-S FEW SC DSNT SE SUN DMLY VSBL/ 8/57/ 58013 1 PM BHO SA 1755 80 SCT E120 OVC 60 142/47/27/2109/995/ RB45E47 BINOVC DSNT S-SW SUN DMLY VSBL/ 8/07/ 58037 6000/ WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........45 MPH WNW AT 9:21 AM AEROVANE.........48 MPH WNW AT 9:21 AM ASOS.............45 MPH WNW AT 9:21 AM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........18.9 MPH WNW ASOS...........18.1 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........20 MPH SW AT 12:32 PM AEROVANE..........21 MPH SW AT 12:32 PM ASOS..............N/A TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 MAX.....52 NORMAL.....52 ASOS.....52 AT 5:21 AM MIN.....33 NORMAL.....37 ASOS.....33 AT MIDNIGHT PM MEAN....43 NORMAL.....44 DEP.....-1 DEP FOR MONTH....+34 The month is averaging nearly 4 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............22 DEP.......+1 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........140 DEP......-34 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON..........573 DEP.....-134 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON.............738 DIFF....-165 PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.16 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.63 IN DEP....-0.76 INS ASOS.............0.61 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.........41.50 INS DEP....+0.90 INS ASOS.............N/A SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM.......0.0 IN DEP....-0.1 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.............TRACE DEP....-0.9 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON............TRACE DEP....-1.1 IN RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 21 IN 1992 PRE 2.11 INS IN 1888 SNOW 2.2 INS IN 1987 WIND 83 MPH S IN 1942 (ESTIMATED) RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRE 1.14 INS IN 1991 SNOW 2.5 INS IN 1986 WIND 64 MPH NW IN 1962 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2000. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2000. Mike Iacono