BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 09 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION..... Warmer air arriving on increasing SW winds today gusting past 30 mph by early this afternoon. A very colorful sunrise this morning with the middle and high clouds and some snow virga. Sprinkles of rain noted beginning just past 1 p.m. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 1/9/2002 WED BHO SA 1155 110 SCT E150 BKN 250 OVC 15 082/27/17/2014/977/ BINOVC AND OVC PTLY THN NE-S SNW VIRGA ALQDS HAZY/ 8/071/ 4/001 58008 10027 20025 BHO SA 1455 E100 OVC 20 066/32/23/2013/972/ SML BINOVC OVHD FEW LWR ACSL PTCH VIRGA W HIER CLDS VSB HAZY/ 8/07// 58016 BHO SA 1755 80 SCT 100 SCT E150 OVC 20 033/37/25/2218G25/963/ FEW ACSL SUN DMLY VSB HAZY PK WND 2228/07/ 8/07// 58033 10037 20027 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 08..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 32 MIN: 17 // ASOS MAX: 31 ASOS MIN: 17 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 33/18 MEAN 25 [- 1] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 24 JANUARY IS AVERAGING 3 DEG WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY... DECEMBER averaged 7.3 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/09 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . . 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. JAN. TOTAL................0.97 IN. (std. gage) DEC. TOTAL................3.56 IN. (STD GAGE) DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 1.15 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001: 45.53 {- 3.45 IN. ] SNOWFALL.... ON 01/09 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. JAN. TOTAL................2.0 INS. DEC. TOTAL............. 10.1 IN. DECEMBER DEPARTURE......- 0.6 IN. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 12.1 IN. WIND DATA....FOR 01/08 PEAK GUST ASOS: 25 MPH NW AT 4:41 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH SW AT 8:58 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 29 MPH NW AT 1:48 A.M. JANUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 1/01 32/17/25/-2/0/0/533/97/ 38 W 1/02 36/18/27/0/0/0/.../../ 31 W 1/03 36/22/29/+2/0/0/.../../ 30 W 1/04 33/20/27/0/0/0/.../../ 29 NNW 1/05 39/27/33/+6/0/0/.../../ 25 W 1/06 46/29/38/+12/0.50/0/.../../ 45 NE 1/07 39/26/33/+7/0.44/1.5/000/00/ 43 NE 1/08 32/17/25/-1/0.03/0.5/.../../ 25 SW 1/09 morning low temp. 25 deg. RECORDS FOR JANUARY 09 HIGH 62 IN 1937 LOW -09 IN 1968 PRECIP 3.00 INS 1956 SNOWFALL: 10.0 INS. 1904 PEAK GUST 101 MPH SE IN 1978 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 10 HIGH 54 IN 2000 LOW -01 IN 1982 + earlier years PRECIP 2.16 INS 1935 SNOWFALL: 6.3 INS. 1977 PEAK GUST 73 MPH SE IN 1977 e = estimated Robert Skilling