BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY AUGUST 19 2002 DAILY DISCUSSION...8/19/2002 OFFICIALLY A NEW RECORD LONG 9-DAY HEAT WAVE... TEMPERATURES REACHES 90 DEGREES BRIEFLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON The heat wave was extended to a new record (for any month) 9 days today when a northeast to southeast wind briefly shifted back to southwest and west early this afternoon. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.....8/19/2002 8/19/2002 MON BHO SA 1155 CLR 30 119/76/58/3413/988/ H LYR ALF VSBY NE 20 SE 15 WNW 45/ 51010 10075 20073 BHO SA 1455 CLR 35 122/83/55/0603/989/ H LYR ALF VSBY NE-SE 25 W-NW 55 WND L/V/ 50003 BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 75 SCT 220 SCT 250 -OVC 25 117/86/61/0308/988/ ACSL SW PTCHS DENSE CI ALQDS FG BNK OFFSHR NE VSBY N 20 NE 12 WNW 45 HAZE INCRSNG ALQDS/ 8/542/ 58005 10090 20076 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 93 MIN: 75// ASOS MAX: 93 ASOS MIN: 75 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 78/60 MEAN 84 [+ 15 ] TOAL DEP. FOR AUGUST IS +122 DEG. AUGUST AVERAGES +6.6 DEGREES PER DAY ON THE WARM SIDE TOTAL DEP. FOR JULY WAS + 27 DEG. JULY AVERAGED 0.6 DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION....ON 08/19 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. AUGUST TOTAL..............0.39 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-1.92 INS. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL.........0.39 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...28.18 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.54 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...SUNDAY AUGUST 18, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH S AT 3:41 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH S AT 3:41 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH S AT 3:41 P.M. EDT Robert Skilling