BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 SUNDAY MARCH 02 2003 DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT 10:00 A.M. The 0.3 inches of snow that fell before 7 A.M. is starting to melt with temperatures above 32F and light rain. Along with light rain, lower clouds have moved in reducing visibility to less than 1/4 of a mile this morning. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 BKN 30 OVC 40 5F 137/31/31/1413/993/ FEW SC DFTING OVR SMT TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HR 0.3 IN./ 8/7/// 4/012 56027 70003 ASOS 70002 10031 20030 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 W2 X2 1/4R-F 087/34/34/1413/979/ VSBY DCRSING PRESSFR WND BACKING GRDLY/ 8///// 58050 6000/ THE DATA RECORDED FOR SATURDAY MARCH 1 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 40 MIN: 23 ASOS MAX: 39 ASOS MIN: 23 MEAN: 32 [ ± 0 ] AVERAGE HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 40/24/32 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 115 DEGREES (- 4.5 PER DAY) PRECIPITATION FOR 03/02 UPDATED AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.03 IN TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.02 IN TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........5.76 IN (STD GAGE) DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE...+1.85 IN TOTAL ASOS FOR FEB........4.98 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.... 0.3 IN MARCH SNOWFALL............0.3 IN FEBRUARY SNOWFALL.........51.3 IN SEASONAL SNOWFALL.........95.6 IN TOTAL 2003 PRECIPITATION..8.67 IN DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE...-0.27 IN WIND DATA FOR SATURDAY MARCH 01 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH S PEAK GUST AERO: 27 MPH S PEAK GUST 420C: 23 MPH S 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 IS NOW COMPLETE 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/+11/0/0/507/84/ 46 WNW Aerovane 52 MPH NW 2/4 46/34/40/+14/0.19/0/000/00 46 W Aerovane 46 MPH 2/5 36/18/27/0/0/0/579/95/ 47 W Aerovane 48 MPH WNW 2/6 28/14/21/-6/0/0/594/97/ 30 W 2/7 25/20/23/-3/0.67/17.0/000/00 27 WNW 2/8 27/9/18/-9/0/0/594/100 28 SW 2/9 34/14/24/-3/0/0/514/83 29 WSW Aerovane 32 MPH SW 2/10 35/22/29/+2/0.10/1.4/000/00 24 S 2/11 27/12/20/-7/0.02/0.4/525/84 46 W Aerovane 54 MPH W 2/12 29/11/20/-8/0.04/1.4/351/56/ 62 WNW Aerovane 62 MPH WNW 2/13 17/4/11/-17/0/0/497/79 44 W Aerovane 45 MPH W 2/14 19/-5/7/-21/0/0/608/96 44 W Aerovane 2/15 14/0/7/-21/0/0/445/70 31 NW 2/16 12/-4/4/-24/0/0/000/00 30 NW Aerovane 34 MPH NW 2/17 25/11/18/-11/1.86/20.0/000/00 47 ENE Aerovane 49 MPH ENE 2/18 26/14/20/-9/0.36/4.8/000/00 32 N 2/19 39/23/31/+2/0/0/355/55 28 SSW 2/20 47/29/38/+9/0/0/616/95 24 SW 2/21 53/30/42/+13/0/0/522/80 24 WSW 2/22 38/35/37/+7/1.03/0/000/00 40 ENE 2/23 36/25/31/+1/0.56/0/000/00 53 W Aerovane 56 MPH W 2/24 35/19/27/-3/T/T/349/53 54 WNW Aerovane 60 MPH WNW 2/25 25/08/17/-14/0/0/617/93 39 W Aerovane 46 MPH WNW 2/26 21/1/11/-20/0/0/645/97 16 NW 2/27 30/11/21/-10/0/0/615/92 16 NE 2/28 31/20/26/-5/T/T/087/13/ 16 NNE We've recorded 52 % of our possible bright sunshine through the 27th. Normal for February is 50% so two points above average. RECORDS FOR MARCH 02 HIGH 61 IN 1991 LOW -03 IN 1886 PRECIP 2.15 INCHES IN 1983 SNOWFALL 7.1 INCHES IN 1948 PEAK GUST 75 MPH NW IN 1966 RECORDS FOR MARCH 03 HIGH 64 IN 1991 LOW -01 IN 1950 PRECIP 2.36 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 12.8 INCHES IN 1960 PEAK GUST 78e MPH E IN 1942 e = estimated Today's report by: Andrew Hoell