BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....9/19/2001 BRIGHT SUNNY DAYS NOW ADD UP TO 84% OF THE POSSIBLE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE FIRST 18 DAYS OF SEPTEMBER....NO DOUBT AN ALL-TIME RECORD... The clouds never really appeared on Tuesday and also cleared away again today so on and on go the endless stream of sunny days. Tuesday had 90% of the possible sunshine and every day with the exception of the 14th has had 90% plus sunshine starting Sept. 11th. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 9/19/2001 WED 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 E100 OVC 12 223/63/57/0909/019/ FEW LWR ACC ALQDS SML BINOVC AND LGE BINOVC SE-S THN FH ALQDS/ 8/080/ 53017 10065 20059 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 18 SCT 100 SCT 150 SCT 220 SCT 250 -BKN 35 244/66/56/0711G17/025/ 8/541/ 51021 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 CLR 35 241/66/56/0612G20/024/ FEW SC/AC/CI FEW ACC E LGT HAZE ALQDS VSBY WNW 45/ 8/581/ 58003 10068 20062 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX 74 MIN 54 // ASOS MAX 75 ASOS MIN 54 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 70/52 MEAN 64 [ + 3] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +35 degrees PRECIPITATION....ON 9/19 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. SEPT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.75 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.59 IN. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 38.11 {+ 4.32 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 9/18.. PEAK GUST ASOS: 18 MPH ENE AT 10:48 A.M. PEAK GUST: 18 MPH ENE AT 10:48 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 20 MPH ENE AT 10:48 A.M. DAILY SEPT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 9/1 77/55/66/+0/T/560/71/ 30 NW 9/2 71/50/61/-5/0/755/96/ 18 SSE 9/3 75/55/65/-1/0/767/98/ 25 S 9/4 79/56/68/+3/0.24/375/48/ 46 W (Aero 43 mph W)(Maximum, Inc. 46 MPH WNW) TSTM 9/5 72/55/64/-1/0/730/94/ 30 NNW . 9/6 75/50/63/-2/0/751/97/ 17 WSW 9/7 84/58/71/+6/0/733/95/ 24 SW 9/8 84/62/73/+9/0/615/80/ 25 SSW 9/9 85/65/75/+11/0/659/86/ 27 S 9/10 85/65/75/+11/0/649/85/ 27 S 9/11 79/60/69/+7/0/715/94/ 27 NW 9/12 75/54/65/+2/0/743/98/ 20 NW 9/13 84/56/70/+7/0.14/710/94/ 23 W TSTM 9/14 59/49/54/-8/0.37/000/00/ 44 W TSTM (Aero 47 MPH WNW) 9/15 64/44/54/-8/0/742/99/ 18 NNW 9/16 73/49/61/-1/0/732/98/ 16 SSW 9/17 73/52/63/+2/0/692/93/ 16 SSW 9/18 74/54/64/+3/0/667/90/ 18 ENE 9/19 morning lo temp. 59 deg; high thru 2 p.m. is 68 deg. RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 19 HIGH 87 IN 1906/1983 LOW 37 IN 1929 PRECIP 3.69 INS 1936 PEAK GUST 48 MPH NE IN 1972 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 20 HIGH 90 IN 1983 LOW 34 IN 1979 PRECIP 4.57 INS 1899 PEAK GUST 44 MPH NE IN 1972 e = estimated Robert Skilling