BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/19/2001 LOWEST DEWPOINT OF SEASON THUS FAR LAST EVENING... The lowest dewpoint of the season occurred last evening at around 8pm with a reading of 20 degrees. This is super dry air for this time of year and certainly helped to raise visibility to over 90 miles yesterday. Today the dewpoint is rising through the lower 30's. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -BKN 300 -BKN 50 231/45/25/2014/021/ THN K LYR ALNG HRZN N-NE/ 8/001/ 58003 10045 20036 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 200 BKN 250 BKN 60 231/55/33/2212/021/ CLR SKY DSNT ENE-S-SW/ 8/002/ 50000 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 57 MIN: 39 // ASOS MAX: 57 ASOS MIN: 39 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 60/42 MEAN 48 [ - 3] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +48 degrees Oct. is averaging 2.7 degrees warmer than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/19 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ....0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.74 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.44 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 3.27 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/18 PEAK GUST ASOS: 36 MPH WSW AT 1:30 A.M. PEAK GUST: 38 MPH WSW AT 1:30 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 38 MPH WSW AT 1:30 A.M. DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/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/+12/0/0/532/79/ 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 NE 10/15 66/52/59/+7/0.07/0//386/58/ 37 WNW (the daily precip. is corrected from last report) 10/16 67/49/58/+6/0.51/0/556/84/ 31 SSE 10/17 57/45/52/-1/T/0/317/48/ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 10/18 57/39/48/-3/0/0/.../../ 38 WSW 10/19 Morning low 36 degrees RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 19 HIGH 81 IN 1945 LOW 21 IN 1922 PRECIP 3.64 INS 1932 PEAK GUST 66 MPH SSW IN 1967 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 20 HIGH 78 IN 1965, 1984 LOW 24 IN 1972 PRECIP 7.10 INS 1996 PEAK GUST 63 MPH W IN 1966 e = estimated MFD