BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY JUNE 20 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... 6/20/2002...AT 2 P.M. Beautiful day with light seabreeze; still temperatures here had reached 76 degrees by 2 p.m. Morning smoke layers have dissipated except to the northeast. Cu and a few moderate Cu are popping except where seabreeze is most effective to our northeast. There's even a few showing up overhead as we appear to be right on the seabreeze front. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 6/20/2002 THU 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 -X 4FHK 333/65/59/0305/051/ FH1 K LYR NW-N/ 53015 70006 10065 20057 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 CLR 15 340/70/57/0406/053/ CU FRMG SE-SW H ALQDS THN K LYR W-N VSBY NE-SE 12 WNW 20/ 8/100/ 51007 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 300 SCT 20 331/75/60/0805/051/ CU/FEW MDT CU XCPT NE FEW CI DSNT N AND FEW CI ENE THN K LYR NE HAZY ALQDS VSBY NE 12/ 8/201/ 58009 10076 20065 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 19TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 74 MIN: 58 // ASOS MAX: 75 ASOS MIN: 58 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 76/56 MEAN 65 [ - 1 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JUNE TO DATE: - 85 degrees June is averaging about 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 06/19 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.06 INS. ASOS......................0.05 INS. JUNE TOTAL................4.19 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..+1.84 INS. JUNE ASOS TOTAL...........4.10 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 24.50 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.41 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002: 23.27 INS. WIND DATA....FOR WEDNESDAY 6/19... PEAK GUST ASOS: 18 MPH NE AT 11:32 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 21 MPH NNE AT 10:58 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 18 MPH NNE AT 10:58 A.M. EDT JUNE 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 6/1 82/59/71/+9/0/823/91/ 39 W 6/2 72/50/61/-1/0.11/606/67/ 48 WNW/TSTM 6/3 68/47/58/-5/0/816/90/ 29 NW 6/4 71/49/60/-3/T/781/86/ 28 SSW 6/5 70/55/63/0/0.15/009/01/ 39 S/TSTM 6/6 67/49/58/-5/1.16/000/00/ 37 NE/TSTM 6/7 53/47/50/-14/0.90/191/21/ 32 NNE 6/8 69/44/57/-7/0/811/89/ 29 S 6/9 78/48/63/-1/T/429/47/ 32 W 6/10 74/56/65/+1/0/603/66/ 23 NNW 6/11 86/52/69/+4/0.12/585/64/ 40 NNE 6/12 53/47/50/-14/0.09/000/00/ 28 NNE 6/13 64/47/56/-9/0.02/183/20/ 18 NNE 6/14 63/50/57/-8/../018/02/ 23 ENE 6/15 52**/46/49/-17/../000/00/ 42 NE TOTAL (RAINFALL FOR 14-15TH 0.98 INCH ) 6/16 64/46/55/-11/0.40/046/05/ 32 NNE/TSTM 6/17 75/51/63/-3/0.20/.../../ 47 W/TSTM 6/18 76/54/65/-1/0/.../../ 22 WSW 6/19 74/58/66/0/0.06/578/63/ 21 NNE 6/20 morning low temp. 57 deg. RECORDS FOR JUNE 20 HIGH 94 IN 1953 LOW 41 IN 1918 PRECIP 2.62 INS 1945 PEAK GUST 63 MPH NE IN 1967 RECORDS FOR JUNE 21 HIGH 92 IN 1949 LOW 42 IN 1940 PRECIP 1.40 INS 1903 PEAK GUST 51 MPH SSW IN 2000 e = estimated Robert Skilling