Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 20th Southern New England Weather Conference has been postponed until next year, tentatively to be held on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. However, there will be a virtual mini-conference from 9 AM to 11 AM on Saturday, November 14th, 2020. Registration is required, but it is free. The three… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A NICE FALL DAY WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. Today we observed a limited visibility due to some patchy ground fog, then a smoke layer later on… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A COOLER DAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND GREAT VISIBILITY…. Today we observed mostly cloudy skies covered by a translucent layer of cirrostratus clouds, which left an uninterrupted burn… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OCTOBER PROVIDES A RELIEF FROM THE OVERWHELMING RAINFALL DEFICIT…. During and after the frontal passage yesterday, a whole 2.21 inches of rain fell from yesterday to this morning. A… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A DETERIORATING DAY ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. What began with overcast skies and a visibility of 20 miles slowly progressed to thick fog and a visibility of 2 miles… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A BLUSTERY, FALL-LIKE DAY ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. Today we’ve had partly cloudy skies, with a visibility of 1/8 miles at the 7 A.M. observation due to fog. This… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A CRYSTAL CLEAR DAY FOLLOWING SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAINFALL…. Yesterday was the first time in a while that we’ve had a good rain storm! The total for the whole event… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME FINALLY, A SOAKING RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA!… We’ve longed to say it, and we finally can, today has been a wet day! Rain started shortly after 2:30 A.M. this… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CLOUDY AND CHILLY WITH A TOUCH OF RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON… After a rather pleasant weekend, today we’ve been under cloudy skies with a brisk and chilly east… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME COOLER, BUT PLEASANT DAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS… Plenty of sunshine greeted us through the first half of the day, however this afternoon an increasing amount of high clouds has… Read More »
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