BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY JULY 05 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ SEE OUR NEW OFFICE CAM FACING WEST OUT WEST WINDOW AT www.bluehill.org/webcam DAILY DISCUSSION... 7/5/2002...11 A.M. STEAM HEAT CONTINUES FINALLY COMES TO AN END... After another very hot and humid day yesterday which featured a maximum temperature of 96 degrees, two degrees shy of the record, we are finally enjoying a refreshing day with the dew-point dropping through the 50s and temperatures holding in the upper 70s with Cold Air Advection occurring. Wind gusts are reaching over 30kts with a peak of 31 kts thus far just after 10am. OBSERVATIONS TODAY..... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 095/73/58/2813G20/981/ FEW ACC SE-S AND SW FEW CI NE-SE-SW/ 8/081/ 53010 10075 20068 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E50 BKN 60 098/77/57/3016G22/982/ PK WND 2931/02/ 8/100/ 53003 THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY JULY 4TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 96 MIN: 74 // ASOS MAX: 95 ASOS MIN: 74 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 80/61 MEAN 85 [ + 15] PRECIPITATION....ON 07/05 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 ASOS......................0.00 INS. JULY TOTAL................0.00 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-0.50 INS. JULY ASOS TOTAL...........0.00 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 24.62 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.55 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002: 23.38 INS. WIND DATA....FOR THURSDAY 7/04... PEAK GUST ASOS: 22 MPH W AT 10:32 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 24 MPH W AT 10:27 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 23 MPH W AT 10:27 P.M. EDT JULY 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 7/1 88/63/76/+7/0/.../../ 29 W 7/2 91/71/81/+11/0/.../../ 25 W 7/3 95/76/86/+16/0/.../../ 20 WNW 7/4 96/74/85/+15/0/.../../ 24 W 7/5 Morning low 68 degrees RECORDS FOR JULY 05 HIGH 98 IN 1911 LOW 48 IN 1920, 1927, 1979 PRECIP 1.45 IN 1922 PEAK GUST 49e MPH N IN 1944 RECORDS FOR JULY 06 HIGH 98 IN 1911 LOW 47 IN 1979 PRECIP 1.04 IN 1931 PEAK GUST 56e MPH NNW IN 1942, 56 MPH WNW IN 1999 e = estimated MFD