BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 2001 SENT AGAIN....CORRECTED FOR TODAY'S DATE IN LINE #3 OF HEADING..... ON OUR PAGE.... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ OUR WEB CAM IS STILL OFFLINE....SORRY! No web cam currently available DAILY DISCUSSION.....9/12/2001 @ 2 P.M. HURRICANE DONNA IN 1960 ON THIS DATE....PEAK GUST 140 MPH SSE..... Dry weather pattern continues....just 0.24 inch so far for September... And just 0.75 inch past three weeks or since August 20th.... This continues to be a VERY SUNNY MONTH with more than 85% of the possible bright sunshine to date... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 9/12/2001 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 80 226/57/46/3311/020/ FEW CI DSNT ESE/ 8/001/ 53014 10059 20054 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 231/70/44/3506/021/ WND L/V/ 51005 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 79 MIN 60 // ASOS MAX 78 ASOS MIN 60 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 73/55 MEAN 70 [ + 7] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +38 degrees PRECIPITATION....ON 9/12 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. SEPT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.24 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.19 IN. AUGUST 2001 TOTAL.......4.83 INS. (standard gage) AUGUST ASOS TOTAL:... 4.76 INS. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 37.60 {+ 4.72 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 9/11.. PEAK GUST ASOS: 25 MPH NW AT 4:10 P.M. PEAK GUST: 27 MPH NW AT 4:10 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 27 MPH NW AT 4:10 P.M. DAILY SEPT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 9/1 77/55/66/+0/T/560/71/ 30 NW 9/2 71/50/61/-5/0/755/96/ 18 SSE 9/3 75/55/65/-1/0/767/98/ 25 S 9/4 79/56/68/+3/0.24/375/48/ 46 W (Aerovane 43 mph W)(Maximum, Inc. 46 MPH WNW) TSTM 9/5 72/55/64/-1/0/730/94/ 30 NNW . 9/6 75/50/63/-2/0/751/97/ 17 WSW (total sunshine minutes has been corrected) 9/7 84/58/71/+6/0/733/95/ 24 SW 9/8 84/62/73/+9/0/615/80/ 25 SSW 9/9 85/65/75/+11/0/.../../ 27 S 9/10 85/65/75/+11/0/649/85/ 27 S 9/11 79/60/69/+7/0/.../../ 27 NW RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 12 HIGH 92 IN 1961 LOW 42 IN 1958/1967/1958 PRECIP 2.79 INS 1960 (HURRICANE DONNA ) PEAK GUST 140 MPH SSE IN 1960 (HURRICANE DONNA) RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER 13 HIGH 91 IN 1957 LOW 40 IN 1985 PRECIP 3.10 INS 1987 PEAK GUST 44 MPH WNW 1986 e = estimated Robert Skilling