BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27 2002 HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. 7 INCHES...MOST IN A NOVEMBER STORM SINCE 1987... The snow began tapering down before noon and we measured 7.3 inches on the boards as of 1 p.m. This is likely OUR FINAL TOTAL. This is our greatest November snowfall since 8.6 inches in November 1987. That event occurred much earlier in the month. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 11/27/2002 WED 7 a.m. BHO SA COR 1155 W4 X 1/8S-F 161/30/30/0114G21/001/ VSBY S 3/4 NW-NE 1/16 S- OCNL MDT TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 3.4 INS/ 8///// 4/003 56016 6037/ 70037 10034 20029 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/2S-F 158/28/28/3514G21/000/ S- OCNL S TOTAL NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 2.3 INS STORM TOTAL 5.6 INS/ 8///// 58003 6019/ ASOS 60018 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 E7 OVC 2S-F 143/28/27/3412G20/995/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 3.9 INS STORM TOTAL 7.3 INS/ 8/7/// 56015 6//// ASOS 60026 10030 20027 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26... TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 43 MIN: 33 ASOS MAX: 43 ASOS MIN: 33 MEAN: 38 [ 0 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 46/32/39/ NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 3 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 0.3 degree COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/27 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.37 IN. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.34 IN. TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 6.79 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+2.75 INS. ASOS NOVEMBER TOTAL.......6.44 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....3.4 INS. NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........3.4 INS. SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........4.7 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...46.27 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....+0.21 INS. WIND DATA FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH NNW AT 11:22 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH NNW AT 10:15 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH NNW AT 10:15 A.M. NOV. 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL STARTING 11/6/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher TSTM = thunderstorm day 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/428/69/ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ 11/2 38/23/31/-15/T/T/618/100/ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/523/85/ 20 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/215/35/ 27 SSW 11/5 46/33/40/-5/0/513/84/ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 40/26/33/-12/T/T/411/68/ 48 WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW 11/8 57/26/42/-2/0/0/591/98/ 41 SSW 11/9 61/45/53/+9/0/0/054/09/ 33 SW 11/10 69/51/60/+16/0.05/0/173/29/ 50 S Aerovane 58 MPH S 11/11 66/56/61/+18/0.13/0/000/00/ 44 S Aerovane 47 MPH S 11/12 57/45/51/+8/0.90/0/018/03/ 40 NE Aerovane 43 MPH NE 11/13 45/41/43/0/0.80/0/000/00/ 32 NNE Aerovane 34 MPH NNE 11/14 49/34/40/-2/0/0/578/98/ 30 NW Aerovane 33 MPH NW 11/15 59/43/51/+9/0/0/387/66/ 31 SW 11/16 46/34/40/-2/0.70/T/000/00/ 43 NE Aerovane 44 MPH NE 11/17 43/32/38/-3/1.79/0/000/00/ 59 ENE Aerovane 60 MPH ENE 11/18 39/31/35/-6/0.24/T/046/08/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W [ early morning glaze ] 11/19 41/29/35/-6/0/0/006/01/ 18 ESE 11/20 55/36/46/+6/0/0/571/99/ 20 S 11/21 51/39/45/+5/0.01/0/000/00/ 20 SSE 11/22 46/39/43/+3/0.64/0/000/00/ 22 NE 11/23 44/32/38/-1/0.01/T/263/46/ 51 W Aerovane 53 MPH W 11/24 45/30/38/-1/0/0/467/82/ 46 W Aerovane 50 MPH W 11/25 47/32/40/+1/0.02/0/112/20/ 21 N 11/26 43/33/38/0/T/0/459/81/ 25 NNW 11/27 high temp. early a.m. 34 degrees... Our monthly daily sunshine has now been completely updated and we've recorded only 42% of the possible sunshine this month to date... Normal for November is 47%. RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 27 HIGH 68 IN 1896 LOW 05 IN 1932 PRECIP 1.92 INS IN 1898 SNOWFALL 16.0 INS IN 1898 PEAK GUST 68 NW IN 1997 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 28 HIGH 70 IN 1990 LOW 10 IN 1901,1930,1936 PRECIP 1.84 INCHES IN 1889 SNOWFALL 3.0 INS IN 1917 PEAK GUST 90 SSW IN 1958 Robert Skilling