BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 2201 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....11/23/2001...@ 1 P.M. ONE COLDER THAN NORMAL DAY THEN BACK TO MILDER TEMPS. ALL OVER AGAIN... Thanksgiving Day averaged 4 degrees milder than normal after one colder than normal day on Wednesday with a departure of -6. However, only two days have averaged below normal in temperature since mid-November and the mild weather goes on and on into next week. We're still awaiting that change in the weather pattern that has brought one the sunniest, warmest and driest Falls on record. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 11/23/2001 FRI BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 300 -OVC 6F 270/39/38/0611/033/ FEW AC ESE THN F BLO SMT ALQDS ESTMTD TOP OF INVSN 6 HND OVR CTY N VSBY ABV INVSN N 12 ESE 20 SW 10 HVY DEW ALL SFCS/ 8/047/ 51017 10043 20038 BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 10 278/45/39/0909/035/ K LYR W-N HAZY ALQDS VSBY NE 20 WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8/001/ 51008 BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 20 276/49/41/0407/035/ FEW SC E-S-W-NW FEW LWR CI W HAZY/ 8/501 58002 10050 20039 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 52 MIN: 33 // ASOS MAX: 52 ASOS MIN: 33 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 47/32 MEAN 43 [+ 4 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 50 degrees Nov. is averaging 2.1 degrees WARMER than normal..... PRECIPITATION....ON 11/23 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. NOV. TOTAL................0.69 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 2.87 INS. Nov. snowfall: TRACE PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.56 {- 1.21 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 11/22 PEAK GUST ASOS: 18 MPH SSW AT 2:44 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 18 MPH SSW AT 2:44 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 20 MPH SSW AT 2:44 A.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/-1/0/0/522/86/ 42 NW (Aero 44 MPH NW ) 11/7 56/36/46/+1/0/0/526/87/ 48 WNW (Aero 48 MPH WNW ) 11/8 54/35/45/0/0/0/591/98/ 35 S (Aero 36 MPH S ] 11/9 52/33/43/-1/0/0/510/85/ 45 WNW 11/10 49/32/41/-3/T/0/033/06/ 25 SW 11/11 45/28/37/-7/0/0/548/92/ 40 NW (Aero 43 MPH NW ) 11/12 42/25/34/-9/0/0/546/92/ 29 WNW (Aero 28 MPH WNW ) 11/13 47/24/36/-7/0/0/585/99/ 23 SSW 11/14 55/38/47/+5/0.03/0/135/23/ 32 SW 11/15 60/44/52/+10/0/0/241/41/ 25 SSW 11/16 68/42/55/+13/0/0/287/49/ 35 W 11/17 42/31/37/-4/0/0/443/76/ 27 NE 11/18 58/31/45/+4/0/0/564/97/ 27 SW (Aero 27 MPH SW ) 11/19 60/43/52/+12/0/0/515/89/ 39 SW (Aero 40 MPH SW ) 11/20 57/31/44/+4/0.03/0/052/09/ 44 WNW (Aero 44 MPH WNW ) 11/21 41/26/34/-6/0/0/.../100/ 17 NW (Aero 20 MPH WNW ) 11/22 52/33/43/+4/0/0/281/49/ 18 SSW (Aero 20 MPH SSW ) 11/23 morning low temp. 38; afternoon high thru 1 p.m. 50. RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 23 HIGH 73 IN 1931 LOW 9 IN 1888 PRECIP 2.19 INS 1953 SNOWFALL: 5.5 INS. 1989 PEAK GUST 64e MPH S IN 1953 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 24 HIGH 69 IN 1931 LOW 7 IN 1897 PRECIP 1.76 INS 1901 SNOWFALL: 4.5 INS. 1936 PEAK GUST 69 MPH SSW IN 1959 e = estimated Robert Skilling