BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 08 2002 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 10 A.M. SW WINDS GUST PAST 40 MPH BY MID MORNING... Warmer air arriving today on increasing south and southwest winds... Peak gusts reached past 30 MPH shortly after 8 a.m. this morning AND shortly before 10 a.m. a peak gust to 44 MPH SSW on Aerovane... Record high temps. or next few days are: 11/9....72 in 1975 11/10...75 in 1931 11/11...68 in 1984 11/12...74 in 1909 NOVEMBER NOW 8.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL [ FIRST 7 DAYS ] THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 11/8/2002 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 179/32/17/1818/006/ AC/CI W-N-E/ 8/031/ 58009 10032 20027 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 300 -SCT 25 167/47/31/2320G35/002/ AC DSNT NW-NE LWR CI DSNT NW-NE HAZY AND HAZE INCRSNG PK WND 2135/49/ 8/031 58012 THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 07 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 40 MIN: 26 ASOS MAX: 41 ASOS MIN: 26 MEAN: 33 [- 12] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 53/37/45 NOVEMBER TEMP. DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 59 deg. NOVEMBER AVERAGE: 8.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 11/08 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......TRACE TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER: 1.13 INS. [ STD. GAGE ] DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:...+0.08 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.....TRACE NOVEMBER SNOWFALL.........TRACE SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........1.3 INS. OCTOBER PRECIP. TOTAL ...4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.41 INS. NOVEMBER ASOS TOTAL:......N/A OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........3.83 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...40.61 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.46 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 07 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 45 MPH NW AT 12:08 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 48 MPH WNW AT 10:40 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 51 MPH WNW AT 10:40 A.M. NOV. 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 TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) .... sunshine data not yet available 11/1 52/34/43/-4/0.01/.../../ 39 WNW/ TSTM early afternoon/ ASOS MAX 2 MIN WND 29 W 11/2 38/23/31/-15/T/T/.../../ 35 WNW SNSH VERY LGT 00-01A " 29 NW 11/3 40/26/33/-13/0/0/.../../ 20 N " 16 N 11/4 49/32/41/-5/0.07/.../../ 27 SSW 11/5 46/33/40/-5/0/.../../ 24 NNW 11/6 47/37/42/-3/1.05/0/000/00/ 47 N 11/7 40/26/33/-12/T/T/.../../ 48 WNW Aerovane 51 MPH WNW 11/8 morning low temp. 26 degrees.... RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 08 HIGH 75 IN 1938 LOW 21 IN 1930 PRECIP 2.02 INCHES IN 1953 SNOWFALL 1.0 IN 1967 PEAK GUST 69e ENE IN 1953 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 09 HIGH 72 IN 1975 LOW 17 IN 1971 PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1969 SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1921,1923 PEAK GUST 73e S IN 1943 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 21 IN 1992 PRECIP 2.11 INCHES IN 1888 SNOWFALL 2.2 IN 1987 PEAK GUST 83e S IN 1942 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRECIP 1.14 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986 PEAK GUST 64 NW IN 1962 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling