BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....11/30/2001...@ 1 P.M. NOVEMBER 2001....VERY MILD, DRY, SUNNY, AND WITH NO STORMS! PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER MONTHLY DATA.....thru the 29th ESTIMATED 4TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD... 6TH DRIEST....AT 1.09 INCHES...COULD DROP LOWER IF MORE PRECIP TODAY... SUNSHINE TIED WITH 1984, 1988, 1990, 1993, AND 1998 WITH 55% OF POSSIBLE (considering the 30th to be zero) NOVEMBER NORM IS 47% AND MAXIMUM IS 64% IN 1976.... HIGHEST MINIMUM NOVEMBER BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AT 29.69 INS..ASOS. PREVIOUS RECORD 29.61 INCHES IN 1979.... TODAY'S OBDSERVATIONS.... 11/30/2001 FRI 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 W1 X 0F 210/54/54/1812/015/ 8///// 53003 70006 10054 20043 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 W1 X 0F 215/56/56/1713/016/ 8///// 50005 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/16F 195/58/58/1811/011/ 8///// 58020 10058 20054 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 49 MIN: 38 // ASOS MAX: 49 ASOS MIN: 38 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 44/30 MEAN 44 [+ 8 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 132 degrees Nov. is averaging 4.4 degrees WARMER than normal..... PRECIPITATION....ON 11/30 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.06 IN. ASOS......................0.06 IN. NOV. TOTAL................1.09 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 3.66 INS. Nov. snowfall: TRACE PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.96 {- 2.00 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 11/29 PEAK GUST ASOS: 26 MPH ENE AT 5:10 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH ENE AT 5:10 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH ENE AT 5:10 A.M. DAILY NOV. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... ax/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/-6/0/0/575/100/ 17 NW (Aero 20 MPH WNW ) 11/22 52/33/43/+4/0/0/281/49/ 18 SSW (Aero 20 MPH SSW ) 11/23 49/38/44/+5/0/0/474/83/ 20 E 11/24 51/43/47/+9/T/0/000/00/ 24 SSE 11/25 63/47/55/+17/0.11/0/301/53/ 36 SSE (Aero 38 MPH SSE) 11/26 64/47/56/+18/0.14/0/289/51/ 31 SSE (Aero 32 MPH SSE) 11/27 53/44/49/+12/0.01/0/073/13/ 18 SW (Aero 20 MPH SW ) 11/28 61/38/50/+13/T/0/456/81/ 30 ENE (precip. corrected to a trace) 11/29 49/38/44/+8/0.14/0/000/00/ 25 ENE 11/30 morning low 43 degrees; high thru 1 p.m. 59 degrees.... RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 30 HIGH 64 IN 1927 LOW 07 IN 1887, 1929 PRECIP 2.42 INS 1944 SNOWFALL: 10.2 INS. 1945 PEAK GUST 90 MPH SSW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 01 HIGH 64 IN 1908 LOW 03 IN 1887 PRECIP 1.46 INS 1917 SNOWFALL: 2.0 INS. 1902 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NW IN 1964 e = estimated Robert Skilling