BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 1 P.M. YESTERDAY AVERAGED 17 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...GREATEST NEGATIVE DEPARTURE SINCE JUNE... Yesterdays max and min of 27 and 13 yielded a mean of 20 degrees for the day. This was 17 degrees below normal for the day and is the greatest negative daily departure since June 15th of this year when that day also averaged 17 degrees below normal. The low of 13 degrees was 3 degrees away from the record low of 10. Today marks the second day in a row to fail to reach freezing with a high earlier today of 31 degrees, however forecast calls for temperatures to rise tonight, so not sure if we'll remain below freezing or not for today. Currently it's 30 degrees and overcast as we await the arrival of some more snow. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 11/29/2002 FRI 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 110 SCT E180 BKN 200 OVC 35 099/23/15/2113/982/ FEW THN SPTS INOVC FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT E-SE FEW ACSL SE-SW SNW VIRGA N HAZY/ 8/541/ 4/006 56007 10023 20020 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 110 SCT E200 OVC 30 079/29/18/1910/976/ SUN DMLY VSBL HAZY/ 8/072/ 58020 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 E50 BKN 110 OVC 20 042/30/17/2017G23/965/ VIRGA ALQDS PK WND 2130/26/ HAZY/ 8/54// 58037 10031 20023 THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28.. TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 27 MIN: 13 ASOS MAX: 26 ASOS MIN: 13 MEAN: 20 [-17 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 45/30/37/ NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: -32 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 1.1 degree COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/29 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 7.08 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+2.74 INS. ASOS NOVEMBER TOTAL.......6.71 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....0.0 INS. NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........7.4 INS. SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........8.7 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...46.56 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....+0.20 INS. WIND DATA FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 33 MPH WNW AT 10:44 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 33 MPH WNW AT 10:43 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 37 MPH WNW AT 10:43 P.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 34/17/26/-12/0.66/7.4/000/00/ 30 NW Aerovane 34 MPH NW 11/28 27/13/20/-17/0/0/.../../ 33 WNW Aerovane 37 MPH WNW 11/29 Low for today 21 degrees... RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 29 HIGH 64 IN 1963, 1990 LOW 6 IN 1901 PRECIP 2.69 INCHES IN 1963 SNOWFALL 5.0 INS IN 1995 PEAK GUST 86 SSE IN 1963 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 30 HIGH 64 IN 1927 LOW 7 IN 1887, 1927 PRECIP 2.42 INCHES IN 1944 SNOWFALL 10.2 INS IN 1945 PEAK GUST 90 SSW IN 1963 MFD