BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY MAY 30 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ SEE OUR NEW OFFICE CAM FACING WEST OUT WEST WINDOW AT www.bluehill.org/webcam DAILY DISCUSSION... 5/30/2002... Warm and humid conditions continue today with the dewpoint rising into the lower 60s. The temperature is rising toward 70 and should reach the mid to upper 70s this afternoon. Can we squeeze out some more rainfall for the month with some afternoon showers and storms? We shall see. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/4F 174/60/59/2012/004/ 8///// 53003 10060 20058 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E200 BKN 250 BKN 20 164/73/62/2011/001/ FEW SC ALQDS FEW ACSL NW-N WND 16V24 HAZY/ 8/542/ 58010 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 29TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 75 MIN: 58 // ASOS MAX: 76 ASOS MIN: 58 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 71/51 MEAN 67 [ + 6 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MAY TO DATE: - 48 degrees THE MAY TEMPERATURE IS 1.7 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL TO DATE.... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/30 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.01 INS. (False Tip) ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 6.09 INS. TOTAL FOR MAY.............6.37 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........+ 2.90 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 19.88 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.54 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 05/29... PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH SSE AT 7:50 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 25 MPH SSE AT 7:27 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH SSE AT 7:27 P.M. EDT MAY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system ... data not yet available 5/1 58/38/48/-4/0.00/0/827/98/ 38 W 5/2 49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE 5/3 54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/747/88/ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph ) 5/4 68/39/54/+1/0/0/842/99/ 33 WNW 5/5 72/46/59/+6/0/0/751/88/ 28 S 5/6 77/46/62/+8/0/0/668/78/ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S ) 5/7 74/51/63/+9/0/0/369/43/ 39 SW 5/8 64/50/57/+3/0/0/679/79/ 30 NW 5/9 57/45/51/-4/0.07/0/009/01/ 30 ENE 5/10 76/52/64/+9/0.13/0/727/84/ 45 WNW 5/11 66/46/56/0/0/0/790/91/ 39 W 5/12 56/44/50/-6/0.43/0/000/00/ 25 SE 5/13 45/41/43/-13/1.93/0/000/00/ 45 ENE 5/14 61/41/51/-6/0.35/0/306/35/ 46 W 5/15 58/38/48/-9/T/0/543/62/ 53 MPH W (Aero 52 MPH W ) 5/16 77/46/62/+5/0/0/632/72/ 40 SSW 5/17 72/51/62/+5/0.01/0/238/27/ 32 WNW 5/18 51/35/43/-15/1.58/T/000/00/ 46 NE 5/19 58/34/46/-12/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 5/20 57/37/47/-11/0/0/.../../ 22 W 5/21 61/36/49/-10/0/0/.../../ 27 WNW 5/22 69/41/55/-4/0/0/.../../ 28 S 5/23 77/44/61/+2/0/0/.../../ 30 S 5/24 84/48/66/+6/T/0/.../../ 37 NW 5/25 61/45/53/-7/0/0/.../../ 36 NW 5/26 67/44/56/-4/T/0/.../../ 33 SSW 5/27 76/55/66/+5/0.51/0/.../../ 27 SSW 5/28 68/59/64/+3/0.46/0/.../../ 21 SSW 5/29 75/58/67/+6/0.26/0/.../../ 25 SSE 5/30 Morning low 58 degrees... RECORDS FOR MAY 30 HIGH 93 IN 1929 LOW 39 IN 1949,1961 PRECIP 1.47 INS 1948 PEAK GUST 61e MPH NW IN 1945 RECORDS FOR MAY 31 HIGH 92 IN 1944, 1987 LOW 35 IN 1961 PRECIP 5.02 INS 1984 PEAK GUST 54e MPH WNW IN 1945 e = estimated MFD