BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY OCTOBER 22 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/22/2001 @ 11 a.m. STRONG SSW WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.... 11 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL ON SUNDAY... VERY MILD AND DRY OCTOBER CONTINUES... Winds increased steadily starting early Sunday afternoon and were gusting to 40 mph from the SSW by 4 p.m. The averaged speed continued to increase reaching a peak sustained speed of 33 mph (2 min. average) at 9:47 p.m. Our peak gusts included the following: Maximum, Inc. MAESTRO 47 MPH Maximum, Inc. MERLIN 45 MPH SSW Aerovane..............45 MPH SSW AT 9:27 P.M. NWS 420C..............43 MPH SSW AT 9:27 P.M. ASOS..................41 MPH SSW AT 9:41 P.M. The month of October now has a total temperature departure of +60 degrees and is averaging 3 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY. Only 7 days out of 21 have averaged colder than normal and really only three of them averaged significantly below normal. Another very mild week is expected again this week so it looks like this month will become the third consecutive warmer-than-normal month. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/22/2001 MON 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E100 OVC 10 172/56/55/2708/004/ FEW ACC AND LWR AC BINOVC ALQDS CLR SKY BND XTDNG ESE-S THN F BLO INVSN ALQDS ESTMTD TOP 8 HND OVR CTY N VSBY SE-SW 8 WNW-NW 80 ABV INVSN WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8/07// 53008 10060 20056 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 220 SCT 40 179/63/47/3405/006/ ACSL SE-S DENSE CI NW-NNE LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY SE-SW 30 NW 60/ 8/042/ 51007 YESTERDAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/21/2001 SUN 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 20 232/54/46/1916/022/ FEW AC/CI W-NW THN F SE-SW LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY SE-SW 15 N-NE 30/ 8/041/ 51005 10054 20049 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 -BKN 20 231/65/50/2110/021/ FEW AC W HAZY ALQDS VSBY SE-SW 15/ /041/ 58001 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 21 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 72 MIN: 49 // ASOS MAX: 72 ASOS MIN: 49 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 59/42 MEAN 60 [ + 11] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +60 degrees Oct. is averaging 3 degrees warmer than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/22 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: - 1.83 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 2.98 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/21 PEAK GUST ASOS: 41 MPH SSW AT 9:41 P.M. PEAK GUST: 43 MPH SSW AT 9:27 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 45 MPH SSW AT 9:27 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 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 (Aero 38 MPH WSW ) 10/19 62/36/49/-2/0/0/.../../ 30 SW 10/20 67/48/58/+7/0/0/.../../ 27 SSW 10/21 72/49/61/+11/0/0/.../../ 43 SSW (Aero 45 MPH SSW ) 10/22 morning low temp. 56 (normal low is 41 ) RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 22 HIGH 85 IN 1979 LOW 22 IN 1940 PRECIP 1.37 INS 1898 PEAK GUST 67 MPH ESE IN 1988 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 23 HIGH 82 IN 1947 LOW 24 IN 1969 PRECIP 2.18 INS 1956 SNOWFALL 3.0 INS IN 1891 PEAK GUST 78e MPH NW IN 1941 e = estimated Robert Skilling