BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 2002 DISCUSSION FOR 10/10/2002....2 P.M. Cooling trend continues with a mean temperature of 47 degrees or minus 7 degrees for Wednesday. A high temperature of only 55 degrees was recorded. Early this afternoon our maximum temperature reached the 60-degree mark. Still no precipitation and the month and year are falling well below normal once again. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/10/2002 THU 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 40 SCT E65 OVC 50 295/49/43/1308/040/ FEW LWR SC LGE BINOVC XTDNG ENE-SE FEW SML BINOVC OVHD-W HIER CLDS VSB VSBY NE 60/ 8/501/ 50005 10049 20047 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E38 OVC 50 302/54/45/1107/042/ SUN DMLY VSB/ 8/5/// 51007 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 38 SCT E250 OVC 50 291/59/42/1504/039/ FEW SCSL VCNTY STN MSTLY CLR SKY NW-NE/ 8/508/ 58011 10060 20049 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 09 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 55 MIN: 38 ASOS MAX: 55 ASOS MIN: 38 MEAN: 47 [- 7] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 63/45/54 OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: + 35 deg. OCTOBER AVERAGE: 3.7 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/10 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. OCTOBER TOTAL ...........0.12 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.14 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........0.13 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...35.60 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-3.26 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......33.48 INS. WIND DATA FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 09, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 17 MPH SE AT 9:40 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 18 MPH SE AT 9:43 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 20 MPH SE AT 9:41 P.M. OCT. 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 ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM 10/1 78/58/68/+11/0/649/92/ 29 SW " " = 23 SW 10/2 83/63/73/+16/0.01/618/88/ 27 WSW " " = 21 WSW 10/3 69/50/60/+4/0.07/.../../ 28 ENE " " = 21 NE 10/4 64/49/57/+1/0.01/.../../ 32 SE " " = 26 SSE 10/5 78/54/66/+11/0.03/.../../ 44 S " " = 35 SSE ** 10/6 60/48/54/-1/0/.../../ 27 NE " " = 20 ENE 10/7 68/49/59/+4/TRACE/.../.. 31 NW " " = 25 SSW *** 10/8 57/42/50/-4/0/.../../ 23 NNW " " = 17 NW 10/9 55/38/47/-7/0/.../../ 18 SE " " = 14 SE 10/10 morning low temp. 47 degrees.... please note a slight correction to the 420C wind gust for 10/5... 44 MPH instead of 43 MPH... ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 10 HIGH 85 IN 1949 LOW 27 IN 1929 PRECIP 2.02 IN 1998 SNOWFALL 6.8 INS. IN 1979 PEAK GUST 59 MPH WNW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 11 HIGH 80 IN 1919,1949 LOW 28 IN 1993 PRECIP 0.96 IN 1903 SNOWFALL ZERO PEAK GUST 66e MPH WNW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12 HIGH 87 IN 1954 LOW 31 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.53 IN 1948 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1941 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1963 e = estimated Robert Skilling