BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY MAY 29 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... 5/29/2002...2 P.M. RAINFALL TOTAL PAST 3 DAYS TOTALS 1.23 INCHES.... May 27th....0.51 inch (thunderstorm ) May 28th....0.46 inch (thunderstorm ) May 29th....0.26 inch (early morning showers ) TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 5/29/2002 WED BHO SA 1155 3 SCT E55 OVC 1F 237/62/62/1304/023/ STRA DRFTG OVR/BLO SMT BRGHT SPTS INOVC OVHD/ 8/6/// 53009 6018/ 70072 10062 20058 BHO SA 1455 E5 BKN 70 OVC 4F 233/66/64/1805/022/ BINOVC OVHD/ 8/68// 58004 BHO SA 1755 20 SCT E30 BKN 70 OVC 10 218/73/64/1913G19/017/ SML CB 12 E MOVG E TCU ALQDS BINOVC ALQDS RW 12 E RWU NW FOG BNK 8 N-NE ESTMTD TOP 6 HND VSBY N-NE 8 HIER ABV FOG BNK HAZY ALQDS/ 8/360/ 56015 10074 20062 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY MAY 28TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 68 MIN: 59 // ASOS MAX: 68 ASOS MIN: 59 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 71/51 MEAN 64 [ + 3 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MAY TO DATE: - 54 degrees THE MAY TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 2 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL TO DATE.... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/29 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.72 INS. ASOS......................0.71 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 6.09 INS. TOTAL FOR MAY.............6.37 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........+ 3.02 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 19.88 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.42 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 05/28... PEAK GUST ASOS: 21 MPH SSW AT 1:09 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 21 MPH SSW AT 1:09 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 22 MPH SSW AT 3:23 A.M. EDT MAY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system ... data not yet available 5/1 58/38/48/-4/0.00/0/827/98/ 38 W 5/2 49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE 5/3 54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/747/88/ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph ) 5/4 68/39/54/+1/0/0/842/99/ 33 WNW 5/5 72/46/59/+6/0/0/751/88/ 28 S 5/6 77/46/62/+8/0/0/668/78/ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S ) 5/7 74/51/63/+9/0/0/369/43/ 39 SW 5/8 64/50/57/+3/0/0/679/79/ 30 NW 5/9 57/45/51/-4/0.07/0/009/01/ 30 ENE 5/10 76/52/64/+9/0.13/0/727/84/ 45 WNW 5/11 66/46/56/0/0/0/790/91/ 39 W 5/12 56/44/50/-6/0.43/0/000/00/ 25 SE 5/13 45/41/43/-13/1.93/0/000/00/ 45 ENE 5/14 61/41/51/-6/0.35/0/306/35/ 46 W 5/15 58/38/48/-9/T/0/543/62/ 53 MPH W (Aero 52 MPH W ) 5/16 77/46/62/+5/0/0/632/72/ 40 SSW 5/17 72/51/62/+5/0.01/0/238/27/ 32 WNW 5/18 51/35/43/-15/1.58/T/000/00/ 46 NE 5/19 58/34/46/-12/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 5/20 57/37/47/-11/0/0/.../../ 22 W 5/21 61/36/49/-10/0/0/.../../ 27 WNW /22 69/41/55/-4/0/0/.../../ 28 S 5/23 77/44/61/+2/0/0/.../../ 30 S 5/24 84/48/66/+6/T/0/.../../ 37 NW 5/25 61/45/53/-7/0/0/.../../ 36 NW 5/26 67/44/56/-4/T/0/.../../ 33 SSW 5/27 76/55/66/+5/0.51/0/.../../ 27 SSW 5/28 68/59/64/+3/0.46/0/.../../ 21 SSW 5/29 morning low temp. 58; precip. since midnight EST is 0.26 inch RECORDS FOR MAY 29 HIGH 93 IN 1919 LOW 35 IN 1902 PRECIP 1.63 INS 1990 PEAK GUST 55e MPH NNW IN 1943/WNW IN 1945 RECORDS FOR MAY 30 HIGH 93 IN 1929 LOW 39 IN 1949,1961 PRECIP 1.47 INS 1948 PEAK GUST 61e MPH NW IN 1945 RECORDS FOR MAY 31 HIGH 92 IN 1944,1987 LOW 35 IN 1961 PRECIP 5.02 INS 1984 PEAK GUST 54e MPH WNW IN 1945 e = estimated Robert Skilling