BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY OCTOBER 15 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/15/2001 @ 2 p.m. FOUR DAYS OF HEAVY FOG AND GLOOMY WEATHER FINALLY ENDS THIS MORNING.... After four days with heavy fog and drizzle the weather finally cleared by late this morning. The fog moved in late Friday evening and visibility remained near 1/16 mile here on the summit for many hours. There were many hours of light drizzle accumulating at only 0.01 inch per hour and the only hour to have 0.02 inch was 10 to 11 a.m. this morning. The grand total for all of the damp weather was just 0.18 inch including the 0.05 that fell after 8 a.m. this morning. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/15/2001 MON 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16L-F 092/58/58/1521G27/980/ PK WND 1527/52/ RE UKN/ 8///// 58015 6003/ 70008 10058 20053 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 4 -SCT E20 BKN 28 OVC 20 109/57/57/2714G20/985/ FEW STRA DRFTG OVR/BLO SMT BINOVC/LINE OF CLRG DSNT S-W VSBY WNW 50 WSHFT 1351/FROPA RASH VCNTY STN RBE UKN/ 8/72// 53017 6005/ 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 32 SCT 200 SCT 70 121/65/46/2923G31/989/ DENSE CI LYR DSNT E-SE PK WND 2831/51/ 8/402/ 51012 6005 10065 20058 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 14 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 54 MIN: 51 // ASOS MAX: 54 ASOS MIN: 51 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 62/44 MEAN 53 [ + 1] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +39 degrees Oct. is averaging 2.5 degrees warmer than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/15 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.08 IN. ASOS...................................0.09 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.23 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.50 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.26 {+ 3.31 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/14 PEAK GUST ASOS: 21 MPH ENE AT 15:35 P.M. PEAK GUST: 22 MPH NE AT 2:01 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 23 MPH ENE AT 2:01 P.M. . DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 10/1 55/49/51/-5/T/000/00/ 29 N 10/2 73/50/62/+5/0/639/91/ 24 W 10/3 78/55/67/+11/0/643/92/ 30 SSW (Aero 32 SSW) 10/4 80/60/70/+14/0/639/92/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 WSW ) 10/5 79/59/69/+13/0/637/92/ 35 SSW 10/6 69/45/57/+2/0.05/214/31/ 55 W (Aero 55 MPH W ) 10/7 54/36/45/-10/0/673/98/ 44 W (Aero 44 MPH W ) 10/8 51/32/42/-12/T/T/636/93/ 39 WNW (Aero 40 MPH WNW) 10/9 59/34/47/-7/0/0/614/90/ 24 SW 10/10 70/45/58/+4/0/0/631/93/ 24 SSW (Aero 26 MPH SSW) 10/11 75/50/63/+10/0/0/608/90/ 27 SSW (Aero 28 MPH SSW) 10/12 76/54/65/+12/0/0/.../../ 18 SSW 10/13 57/50/54/+1/0.02/0/000/00/ 20 NE 10/14 54/51/53/+1/0.09/0/000/00/ 22 ENE RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 15 HIGH 83 IN 1897 LOW 29 IN 1887,1937 PRECIP 3.12 INS 1930 PEAK GUST 63e MPH SW IN 1940 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 16 HIGH 86 IN 1897 LOW 28 IN 1886 PRECIP 2.82 INS 1974 PEAK GUST 68e MPH SSE IN 1954 e = estimated Robert Skilling