BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY NOVEMBER 11 2002 VETERANS DAY DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. POSSIBLE RECORD HIGH TEMPS TODAY.... RECORD HIGH IS 68 AND RECORD HIGH MINIMUM IS 53... RAINFALL 24 HOURS ENDING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON....0.16 INCH FEW BRIEF DOWNPOURS TODAY... WINDY AGAIN...GUSTS OVER 40 MPH S-SSW 5 OUT OF 6 DAYS... A POWERFUL GUST TO 58 MPH RAKED THE SUMMIT YESTERDAY So far our maximum temperature has been 66 or just two degrees short of today's record high of 68. The low temperature of 62 since midnight is far above the record high minimum for today of 53 in 1984 and even higher than any minimum temperature recorded for any day in November! Also, the highest minimum temperature this late in the year is 60 degrees recorded on November 8, 1996, and that's also the HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. So, all depends how much temperatures drop by midnight whether we get a "triple" record as far as a high minimum temperatures goes. The showers have been briefly heavy today but only last a few minutes at a time so not much total rainfall at least through early afternoon. Today with 5th out of past six days with wind gusts exceeding 40 mph. Yesterday's peak gust made it to 58 MPH S on Aerovane at 4:09 P.M. NOVEMBER NOW 8.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL [ FIRST 7 DAYS ] THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 11/11/2002 MONDAY VETERANS DAY BHO SA 1155 E5 OVC 8L- 089/64/63/1924G35/979/ VSBY N 10 THN F ALQDS PCPN VRY LGT PK WND 1936/03/ 8/7/// 58000 6000/ 70005 10064 20062 BHO SA 1455 E6 OVC 9 092/65/63/1923G35/980/ VSBY N 10 THN F ALQDS D 1938/23/ 8/7//// 50003 6000/ BHO SA 1755 E4 OVC 6RW-F 082/65/64/1924G31/977/ CIG RGD FEW STRA DRFTG OVR AND BLO SMT HIER CLDS VSB SSW-NW DRK E-SE VSBY N 10 E-SE 5 PCPN VRY LGT BRFLY RW+ 41-43 PST HR PK WND 1933/37/ 8/77// 58010 6011/ 10066 20064 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 69 MIN: 51 ASOS MAX: 68 ASOS MIN: 51 MEAN: 60 [- 34 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 51/67/44 NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 34 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 3.6 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/10 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.05 IN. TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 1.18 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...-0.34 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....ZERO NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........TRACE SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........1.3 INS. OCTOBER PRECIP. TOTAL ...4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.41 INS. NOVEMBER ASOS TOTAL:......N/A OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........3.83 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...40.66 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.88 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 49 MPH S AT 4:09 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 50 MPH S AT 4:09 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 58 MPH S AT 4:09 P.M. NOV. 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 TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) .... sunshine data not yet available 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/.../../ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ ASOS MAX 2 MIN WND 29 W 11/2 38/23/31/-15/T/T/.../../ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A " 29 NW 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/.../../ 20 N " 16 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/.../../ 27 SSW 11/5 46/33/40/-5/0/.../../ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 40/26/33/-12/T/T/.../../ 48 WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW 11/8 57/26/42/-2/0/0/.../../ 41 SSW 11/9 61/45/53/+9/0/0/.../../ 33 SW 11/10 69/51/60/+16/.05/0/.../../ 50 S 11/11 morning low temp. 62 degrees; normal low now 36 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRECIP 0.96 INCHES IN 1903 SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986 PEAK GUST 66e WNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 12 HIGH 74 IN 1909 LOW 18 IN 1926 PRECIP 1.53 INCHES IN 1948 SNOWFALL 8.1 IN 1987 PEAK GUST 55 NW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 13 HIGH 66 IN 1931 LOW 14 IN 1920 PRECIP 5.92 INCHES IN 1895 SNOWFALL 2.0 IN 1886 PEAK GUST 46e W IN 1950 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 14 HIGH 70 IN 1993 LOW 11 IN 1905 PRECIP 2.69 INCHES IN 1990 SNOWFALL 3.5 IN 1997 PEAK GUST 63e W IN 1976 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling