MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
NOVEMBER 2002
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

*Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins & David Drewery.*

Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds
Observation time for this station is midnight.

	Temperature, °F		Precipitation, In.		
				Liquid	Solid	7am
	24-hour		Temp	Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	at Obs	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	46	35		 .06
2	44	30
3	46	27
4	48	38		   T
5	43	40		 .80			F
6	44	37		 .02			F
7	50	40		 .02			F
8	60	31
9	64	32
10	65	43		 .02
11	65	53		 .02
12	48	42		 .84			F
13	60	46
14	62	39
15	55	35
16	43	36		 .53			F
17	44	37		 .36	   T		F
18	40	30		   T	   T
19	40	28		 .10
20	60	25
21	44	32		 .10			F
22	47	33		   T	   T
23	38	31		   T	   T
24	51	30
25	56	27
26	35	32		 .15	 1.5
27	34	25		   T	   T	 2
28	34	23		   T	   T	 1
29	46	24				 T
30	47	28		 .02	 0.5	 T
31	

AVG	48.7	33.6	SUM	3.06	 2.0  	 	 	
EXT	65	23 	MAX	 .84	 1.5	  
Date	11*	28 	DATE	  12	  26	  
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Mean Monthly Temperature:  41.0 F
Mean Temp at Obs Time:  N/A
Number of days with:
	Fog:  7  
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0  	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1:  Breezy and cool, showers this morning .06" rain.
5:  Rain began around mid-afternoon and was moderate at times through the evening, tapered off late, total .80" by midnight.
6:  Low clouds and light drizzle all day, total .02".
7:  Ditto yesterday...

INDIAN SUMMER
10:  A mild high of 65F today.  Couple showers this morning just .02" rain.
11:  The line of severe thunderstorms that produced all the tornadoes and damage in the Midwest breaks apart as it crosses
     the mountians and goes all around this station, only .02" rain fell...

12:  Steady rains developed early this morning just before 7am and continued all day with .84" falling by evening when the
     rain tapered off.  Temperatures much cooler today than yesterday.
16:  A couple light showers overnight.  Steady light rains began around 11am and continued all afternoon and evening for a
     total of .53" by midnight.
17:  Light rain tapered to showers overnight.  Persistant light rain and drizzle for most of the day.  Temperatures fell and
     a few flurries fell this evening as temperatures dropped into the 30s.  Total precip .36".
18:  Few snow flurries overnight and became cold with a low of 30F.
19:  Cold this morning with a good frost, a period of cold rain from about 9:45am to noon .10" fell.
20:  A frosty morning low of 25F but warmed up nicely to 60F with sunshine.
21:  Periods of light rain on and off all day mostly this morning with low clouds and fog, total again .10".
22:  Snow flurries and light snow showers overnight, no measurable accumulation.
23:  Again mostly cloudy with snow flurries on and off all day but not measurable.  Garrett Co. got 3-6".

FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW
26:  Light snow began late this afternoon and continued through the evening, 1.5" fell by midnight.
27-28:  Cold days with varying amounts of clouds and snow flurries
30:  Snow showers late this evening following cold front with 0.5" accumulation by midnight...

NOVEMBER SUMMARY:
November was near-average in both temperature and precipitation.  There were no particularly outstanding events during the month, nor any extreme temperatures.

Additional notes/records

11th: Record high min 53 F
26th: Record daily snowfall 1.5"