BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A joint meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of the AMS has been scheduled for Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 PM to be held at the Trailside Museum, Milton, MA. Our speaker will be Josh Nichols. The topic of his talk will be "An Intercomparison of A.S.O.S. and Standard Manual Observations at Blue Hill Observatory." PLEASE NOTE: All times are now in Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted! DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/28/2001 A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY HERE AT BHO...90 MILES VISIBILITY! Another beautiful fall day around the region today with excellent visibility. The broken amounts of strato-cumulus just add to this scene of fall in New England. It's the type of day that reminds those of us who work here why we love it so much! TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E200 -BKN 80 259/35/27/3212/029/ SC/SCSL NNE-SE AND SC DSNT WSW-NW FEW AC N-NNE AND E-S/ 8/471/ 53037 10040 20034 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 30 SCT 120 SCT 90 283/43/25/3610G17/037/ FEW MDT CU E-SE ACSL ALQDS/ 8/540/ 51024 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E30 BKN 90 283/46/26/3209/037/ FEW MDT CU OFFSHR NE-SE WND L/V/ 8/500/ 50000 10047 20035 DATA RECORDED FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 52 MIN: 36 // ASOS MAX: 52 ASOS MIN: 36 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 57/40 MEAN 44 [ - 4] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +112 degrees Oct. is averaging 4.1 degrees WARMER than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/28 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.74 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 2.63 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 2.18 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/27 PEAK GUST ASOS: 26 MPH W AT 11:54 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST: 29 MPH W AT 11:54 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH W AT 11:54 A.M. EDT 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 62/47/55/+ 5/0/0/.../../ 35 SSE 10/24 77/61/69/+20/0/0/.../../ 22 SSW (Aero 25 MPH SSW) 10/25 75/54/65/+16/T/0/198/31/ 39 W (Aero 38 MPH W ) 10/26 58/40/49/0/0/0/.../../ 33 WSW (Aero 34 MPH WSW) 10/27 52/36/44/-4/0/0/.../../ 29 W (Aero 28 MPH W ) 10/28 Morning low 34 degrees RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 28 HIGH 81 IN 1919 LOW 23 IN 1914 PRECIP 1.92 INS 1902 SNOWFALL Trace IN 1934, 1957, 1979 PEAK GUST 71 MPH SSW IN 1995 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 29 HIGH 74 IN 1989 LOW 23 IN 1891 PRECIP 2.27 INS 1953 SNOWFALL: Trace IN 1902, 1952 PEAK GUST 65 MPH NNW IN 1963 e = estimated MFD