BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 MONDAY AUGUST 18 2003 IMPORTANT NOTICE....WEDNESDAY EVENING PROGRAM POSTPONED THE KITE PROGRAM SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 2003, HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE SIGNED UP... DISCUSSION AT 2 P.M. All of the rain showers today are moving north to south to the west of Blue Hill at least through 2 p.m. Yesterday's rainfall during the afternoon totaled 0.07 inch and yesterday was the first cooler-than- normal day since August 2nd. The day averaged 2 degrees below normal while August continues to average 3 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. Once again today a cool northeast wind is holding our high temperature here to the low to mid-70's. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 8/18/2003 MON BHO SA 1155 150 SCT 180 SCT 10 180/67/63/0107/3006/ FEW STRA/SC ALQDS LONE PTCH ACC S THN FH ALQDS VSBY ENE 12/ 8/680/ 53016 ASOS 70007 MANUAL 70007 10067 20062 BHO SA 1455 20 SCT E30 BKN 90 BKN 15 194/72/63/0507/010/ TCU SW-NW SC MDT CUFRM TOPS E-S FEW ACSL W-NW HAZY WND 01V07/ 8/240/ BHO SA 1755 E85 BKN 200 BKN 30 197/73/61/0509/011/ CBS AND SHRA ASOCTD S-W-N MOVG S MODT CU SE-S AND DSNT N-NNE VSBY SSW 10 W-NW 25 NE 35/ 8/973/ 52003 10074 20067 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 17 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 72 MIN: 63 ASOS MAX: 72 ASOS MIN: 63 MEAN: 68 [ -2 ] AVERAGE HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 79/61/70 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR AUGUST: +54 (3.0 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION UPDATED ON 8/18 at 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M..........0.07 IN TOTAL FOR ASOS...............0.07 IN TOTAL FOR AUGUST.............4.48 IN (STANDARD GAGE) TOTAL FOR AUGUST [ ASOS ] 4.44 IN AUGUST DEPARTURE TO DATE:...+2.43 IN [ STANDARD GAGE ] TOTAL 2003 PRECIPITATION..37.47 IN DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE....+6.93 INS WIND DATA FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 17 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH ENE @ 11:14 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH NE @ 9:56 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 23 MPH NE @ 9:56 A.M. EDT MAX 2-MINUTE WIND: 18 MPH WSW @ 11:41 A.M. EDT AUGUST 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS THE ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT AVAILABLE 8/1 67/61/64/-8/0.87/000/00 25 MPH ENE 8/2 76/60/68/-4/0.43/147/17 16 MPH S TSTM 8/3 84/70/77/+5/T/130/15 24 MPH S TSTM 8/4 80/71/76/+4/0.53/146/17 36 MPH SSW TSTM Aerovane gust 40 MPH SSW 8/5 80/70/75/+3/0.01/069/08 27 MPH S Aerovane gust 30 MPH S 8/6 82/68/75/+3/0/660/77 31 MPH S 8/7 80/66/73/+2/0.83/128/15 18 MPH SSE 8/8 79/66/73/+2/1.20/026/03 23 MPH E 8/9 82/70/76/+5/T/06/08 22 MPH S 8/10 82/72/77/+6/0.46/.../.. 47 MPH SSW Aerovane gust 48 MPH SSW [RAIN SQUALL] 8/11 85/70/78/+7/0/.../.. 24 MPH S 8/12 81/67/74/+3/0.08/.../.. 18 MPH SW TSTM 8/13 87/69/78/+7/0/.../.. 21 MPH N TSTM 8/14 85/69/77/+7/0/636/76 27 MPH NW 8/15 86/67/77/+7/0/802/96 23 MPH W 8/16 85/69/77/+7/T/540/65 25 MPH W TSTM 8/17 72/63/68/-2/0.07/096/12 23 MPH NE 8/18 a.m. low temp. 62; max. thru 2 p.m. 74 deg. DAILY EXTREMES RECORDS FOR AUGUST 18 HIGH 93F IN 2002 LOW 47F IN 1894 PRECIP 5.75 INCHES IN 1955 ( TROPICAL STORM DIANE ) PEAK GUST 39 MPH SW IN 1991 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 19 HIGH 90F IN 1906,1966,2002 LOW 48F IN 1958 PRECIP 7.02 INCHES IN 1955 ( TROPICAL STORM DIANE ) PEAK GUST 78 MPH ENE IN 1991 ( HURRICANE BOB ) Today's Report by: Robert Skilling