BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY AUGUST 29 2002 DISSCUSSION.....8/29/2002....11 A.M. Getting some much needed soaking rainfall today with 0.19" being measured through 11am. Rain has been falling steadily since early this morning. Looks like the soaking should continue through the afternoon hours! Note: KMQE (our ASOS) was fixed yesterday afternoon. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.....8/28/2002 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 -X E8 BKN 25 OVC 3/4VR-F 270/60/60/0511/033/ STFRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 1/4V1/ 8/5/// 51003 6008/ 70008 10060 20060 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 15 SCT E50 OVC 5R-F 263/60/58/0513G19/031/ 8/5/// 58007 6011/ THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 67 MIN: 59// ASOS MAX: M ASOS MIN: M MEAN: 63 [- 5] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 77/59/68 TOTAL DEP. FOR AUGUST IS +122 DEGREES August Averages +4.4 warmer than normal daily PRECIPITATION....ON 08/29 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.08 INS. ASOS......................0.06 INS. AUGUST TOTAL..............1.76 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-1.88 INS. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL.........1.73 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...29.55 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.50 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: N/A PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH NE AT 7:21 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 24 MPH NE AT 7:20 A.M. EDT *(First of several occurrences) AUGUST 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day 8/1 91/70/81/+9/0.00/815/94/ 21 SSW 8/2 89/66/78/+6/0.39/545/63/ 41 W TSTM 8/3 90/66/78/+6/0.00/698/81/ 15 SE 8/4 91/68/80/+8/0.00/722/84/ 21 SSW 8/5 90/71/81/+9/0.00/438/51/ 29 WSW 8/6 72/58/65/-7/0.00/659/77/ 39 NW 8/7 79/56/68/-4/0.00/794/93/ 25 NW 8/8 80/58/69/-3/0.00/723/85/ 23 NW 8/9 80/58/69/-2/0.00/798/94/ 22 SSW 8/10 87/61/74/+3/0.00/652/77/ 22 WSW 8/11 93/64/79/+8/0.00/730/95/ 23 S 8/12 93/63/79/+8/0.00/657/78/ 21 SSW 8/13 98/72/85/+14/0.00/663/79/ 25 S 8/14 99/73/86/+16/0.00/720/86/ 27 SSW 8/15 91/69/80/+10/0.00/626/75/ 28 S 8/16 92/73/83/+13/0.00/307/37/ 24 S 8/17 94/72/83/+13/0.00/754/91/ 23 WSW 8/18 93/75/84/+15/0.00/586/71/ 27 S 8/19 90/71/81/+12/0.00/354/43/ 24 W 8/20 75/62/69/+-0/0.66/369/45/ 23 NNW 8/21 79/61/70/+1/0.00/.../../ 21 ENE 8/22 79/62/71/+2/0.24/.../../ 29 S 8/23 68/57/63/-6/0.07/.../../ 33 NNE 8/24 66/56/60/-9/0.31/.../../ 20 NNE 8/25 78/55/67/-1/0.01/.../../ 17 W 8/26 84/61/73/+5/0.00/.../../ 21 WSW 8/27 75/63/69/+1/0.00/.../../ 29 NE 8/28 67/59/63/-5/0.00/.../../ 27 NE 8/29 Morning low 59, Rainfall thru 11AM 0.19" ... the rest of the August sunshine data will not be available till early September....but it continues to be a sunny month... RECORDS FOR AUGUST 29 HIGH 95 IN 1953 LOW 41 IN 1982 PRECIP 2.88 IN 1962 PEAK GUST 70e S IN 1949 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 30 HIGH 94 IN 1953 LOW 39 IN 1965 PRECIP 2.75 IN 1936 PEAK GUST 43 NW IN 1965 e = estimated MFD