BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY OCTOBER 29 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A joint meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of the AMS has been scheduled for Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 PM to be held at the Trailside Museum, Milton, MA. Our speaker will be Josh Nichols. The topic of his talk will be "An Intercomparison of A.S.O.S. and Standard Manual Observations at Blue Hill Observatory." PLEASE NOTE: All times are now in Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted! DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/29/2001 OCTOBER 2001 -- LIKELY TO BECOME 6TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD Here is the list of driest Octobers: 1. 0.22 in 1922 2. 0.39 in 1994 3. 0.50 in 1946 4. 0.61 in 1935 5. 0.63 in 1897 6 0.74 in 2001 (month not complete yet) ** ** ASOS reports 0.77 inch due to condensate drip The super good visibility of the week-end (90 miles Sunday) was decreasing by this afternoon as distant haze was increasing. Our prevailing visibility dropped from 80 miles at 7 a.m. to 55 miles by 1 p.m. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/29/2001 MON 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 80 332/35/21/3007/051/ FEW CU/SC ALG/OFFSHR E-DSNT SSE FEW CI DSNT N PTCHY THN F BLO INVSN/SMT SE-SW-NW WND GRDLY BACKING/ 8/101/ 51011 10035 20032 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 322/45/24/2206/048/ FEW CU/SC DSNT ENE-DSNT SE CI DSNT W-N THN K LYR NNW-NE/ 8/501/ 58010 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 CLR 55 287/53/23/2410/038/ AC/CI DSNT NW-N/ 8/031/ 58035 10054 20035 DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 48 MIN: 34 // ASOS MAX: 48 ASOS MIN: 34 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 56/40 MEAN 41 [ - 7] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +105 degrees Oct. is averaging 3.5 degrees WARMER than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/29 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.74 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 2.77 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 2.04 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/28 PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH NNW AT 4:23 A.M. PEAK GUST: 27 MPH NNW AT 3:34 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 27 MPH NNW AT 4:23 A.M. DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 10/1 55/49/51/-5/T/000/00/ 29 N 10/2 73/50/62/+5/0/639/91/ 24 W 10/3 78/55/67/+11/0/643/92/ 30 SSW (Aero 32 SSW) 10/4 80/60/70/+14/0/639/92/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 WSW ) 10/5 79/59/69/+13/0/637/92/ 35 SSW 10/6 69/45/57/+2/0.05/214/31/ 55 W (Aero 55 MPH W ) 10/7 54/36/45/-10/0/673/98/ 44 W (Aero 44 MPH W ) 10/8 51/32/42/-12/T/T/636/93/ 39 WNW (Aero 40 MPH WNW) 10/9 59/34/47/-7/0/0/614/90/ 24 SW 10/10 70/45/58/+4/0/0/631/93/ 24 SSW (Aero 26 MPH SSW) 10/11 75/50/63/+10/0/0/608/90/ 27 SSW (Aero 28 MPH SSW) 10/12 76/54/65/+12/0/0/532/79/ 18 SSW 10/13 57/50/54/+1/0.02/0/000/00/ 20 NE 10/14 54/51/53/+1/0.09/0/000/00/ 22 NE 10/15 66/52/59/+7/0.07/0//386/58/ 37 WNW 10/16 67/49/58/+6/0.51/0/556/84/ 31 SSE 10/17 57/45/52/-1/T/0/317/48/ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 10/18 57/39/48/-3/0/0/649/99/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 MPH WSW ) 10/19 62/36/49/-2/0/0/549/84/ 30 SW 10/20 67/48/58/+7/0/0/462/71/ 27 SSW 10/21 72/49/61/+11/0/0/591/91/ 43 SSW (Aero 45 MPH SSW ) 10/22 68/53/61/+11/T/0/342/53/ 29 SW 10/23 62/47/55/+ 5/0/0/.../../ 35 SSE 10/24 77/61/69/+20/0/0/.../../ 22 SSW (Aero 25 MPH SSW) 10/25 75/54/65/+16/T/0/198/31/ 39 W (Aero 38 MPH W ) 10/26 58/40/49/0/0/0/.../../ 33 WSW (Aero 34 MPH WSW) 10/27 52/36/44/-4/0/0/.../../ 29 W (Aero 28 MPH W ) 10/28 48/34/41/-7/0/0/554/88/ 27 NNW (Aero 27 MPH NNW ) 10/29 morning lo 32 degrees; high thru 1 p.m. 54 degrees RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 29 HIGH 74 IN 1989 LOW 23 IN 1891 PRECIP 2.27 INS 1953 SNOWFALL: Trace IN 1902, 1952 PEAK GUST 65 MPH NNW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 30 HIGH 75 IN 1946,1989 LOW 21 IN 1928 PRECIP 1.85 INS 1917 SNOWFALL 0.6 IN 2000 PEAK GUST 66 MPH NW IN 1963 e = estimated Robert Skilling