BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 06 2003 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....11 A.M. WEDNESDAY'S GUSTY WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS.... There were many gusts over 40 MPH here yesterday and peak gusts to 48 MPH WNW continued into mid-evening last night before diminishing early this morning. The last gust over 30 MPH occurred at 12:33 a.m. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 2/6/2003 THU 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 60 268/14/6/2612/032/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR ENE-ESE PTCH AC DSNT NE CI DSNT ESE-SW/ 8/541/ 4/006 10017 20014 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 281/20/2/2710/036/ FEW CI ALQDS/ 8/001/ 50013 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 05 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 36 MIN: 18 ASOS MAX: 36 ASOS MIN: 18 MEAN: 27 [ + 0 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 34/19/27/ TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE: + 38 degrees FEBRUARY IS AVERAGING 9 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... PRECIPITATION FOR 02/06 UPDATED AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........1.12 INS. (STD GAGE) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....+0.37 INS. TOTAL FOR JANUARY ....... 2.88 INS.(STD GAGE) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.92 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR JANUARY....2.58 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.... 0.00 INS. FEBRUARY SNOWFALL TO DATE.6.5 INS. TOTAL 2003 PRECIPITATION..4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.53 INS. WIND DATA FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 05 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: 41 MPH WNW AT 9:26 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 48 MPH WNW AT 9:23 P.M. ** PEAK GUST 420C: 47 MPH W AT 4:41 A.M. ** last of several occurrences FEB. 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL /SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST/Aero Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 2/1 32/29/31/+5/0.21/1.5/000/00/ 28 NNE 2/2 36/31/34/+8/0.72/5.0/000/00 48 NW Aerovane 55 MPH NW 2/3 42/32/37/+11/0/0/.../../ 46 WNW Aerovane 52 MPH NW 2/4 46/34/40/+14/0.19/0/000/00 46 W Aerovane 46 MPH 2/5 36/18/27/0/0/0/.../.. 47 W Aerovane 48 MPH WNW 2/6 morning low temp. 14 deg. RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 06 HIGH 54 IN 1909 LOW -10 IN 1895 PRECIP 1.88 INS. IN 1896 SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1978 [ BLIZZARD OF 1978 ] PEAK GUST 84e MPH NE IN 1978 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 07 HIGH 51 IN 1951,1953 LOW -08 IN 1910 PRECIP 2.12 INS. IN 1983 SNOWFALL 17.1 INS. IN 1978 [ BLIZZARD OF 1978 ] PEAK GUST 87e MPH SSE IN 1951 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 08 HIGH 60 IN 1933 LOW -09 IN 1934 PRECIP 2.50 INS. IN 1945 SNOWFALL 11.0 INS. IN 1891 PEAK GUST 63e MPH NE IN 1945 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 09 HIGH 58 IN 1990 LOW -21 IN 1934 [ LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD ] PRECIP 2.12 INS. IN 1969 SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1969 PEAK GUST 89 MPH NE IN 1969 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 10 HIGH 56 IN 1909 LOW -08 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.34 INS. IN 1909 SNOWFALL 12.1 INS. IN 1926 PEAK GUST 64 MPH W IN 2001 e = estimated today's report by: Robert Skilling