TUESDAY OCTOBER 23 2001...

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DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/23/2001 @ 2 P.M.

OCTOBER VERY SUNNY, VERY DRY....
AND MORE THAN THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL

This month has had 70% of the possible bright sunshine through the first 22 
days.
The normal sunshine percent for the month of October is 55%. This is the 
second consecutive
month to be very sunny with September turning in 68% (normal is 56%).

The month of October now has a total temperature departure of +75 degrees 
and is averaging
more than 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. October is
likely to become the third consecutive warmer-than-normal month.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

10/23/2001 TUE
BHO SA 1155 65 SCT 120 SCT 180 SCT 250 SCT 20 194/49/47/0809/010/ FEW CC
PTCHY THN F BLO INVSN SE-SW-NW VSBY NE 40/ 8/079/ 53002 10050 20047

BHO SA 1455 E45 OVC 20 192/53/45/1210G15/010/ BINOVC OVHD HAZY ALQDS/ 
8/5/// 58002

BHO SA 1755 E50 OVC 30 167/57/46/1512G23/002/ BRGHT SPTS IOVC S-W VSBY LWR 
NW-NE HAZY/
8/5/// 56025 10058 20049

DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 22 ....

TEMPERATURES....

MAX : 68   MIN: 53 // ASOS MAX: 68  ASOS MIN: 53
NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 59/41
MEAN  60 [ + 11]
TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE:  +75 degrees

Oct. is averaging MORE THAN 3 DEGREES WARMER than normal daily.....

PRECIPITATION....ON 10/23 AS OF 8 A.M.

24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.  ....trace
ASOS......................0.00 IN.
OCT. TOTAL TO DATE:       0.74 IN.
DEP. FROM NORMAL:       - 1.96 IN.
OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace

YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 2.85 INS. ]

WIND DATA....FOR 10/22

PEAK GUST ASOS:  26 MPH SW AT 12:59 A.M.
PEAK GUST:       29 MPH SW AT  1:07 P.M.
PEAK GUST AERO:  30 MPH SW AT  1:07 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/-3/0/0/649/99/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 MPH WSW )
10/19 62/36/49/-2/0/0/549/84/ 30 SW
10/20 67/48/58/+7/0/0/462/71/ 27 SSW
10/21 72/49/61/+11/0/0/591/91/ 43 SSW (Aero 45 MPH SSW )
10/22 68/53/61/+11/T/0/342/53/ 29 SW
10/23 morning lo temp. 47/normal low 41

Total sunshine minutes to date: 10318 or 70%

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

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 24
HIGH   79 IN 1963
LOW    22 IN 1969
PRECIP 2.96 INS 1890
SNOWFALL: 1.8 INS IN 1960
PEAK GUST 70 MPH SE IN 1959

e = estimated

Robert Skilling