2002-01-13: ALB upper air data from David J. Knight's server at SUNY Albany === Interpolations from ALB data - temps:deg. F, altitudes:feet MSL === MSL *TI* Wdir@kts trig VirT 2.1 degrees/division ("`": Dry Adiabatic) ----- ---- -------- ---- . ---- ----------------------------------------- 12000 15.4 215 27 64 | 2.0 ` : 11500 14.6 62 | 3.2 ` : 11000 13.8 61 | 4.4 ` : 10500 13.0 59 | 5.7 ` : 10000 12.2 225 34 58 | 6.9 ` : 9500 11.4 56 | 8.1 ` : 9000 10.7 220 35 55 | 9.6 ` : 8500 10.3 54 | 11.6 ` : 8000 8.9 230 30 52 | 11.7 ` : 7500 7.7 50 | 12.2 ` : 7000 7.5 235 26 49 | 14.5 ` : 6500 7.3 49 | 16.8 ` : 6000 7.1 240 19 49 | 19.1 ` : 5500 6.9 48 | 21.4 ` : 5000 6.4 47 | 23.2 ` : 4500 6.2 47 | 25.6 ` : 4000 6.0 265 17 47 | 27.8 ` : 3500 5.7 46 | 30.1 ` : 3000 5.5 250 15 46 | 32.3 ` : 2500 5.3 45 | 34.6 ` : 2000 4.7 225 12 44 | 36.2 ` : 1500 1.4 38 | 32.9 (CB: 1600) `: 1000 0.9 175 16 37 | 34.6 `: 500 0.3 36 | 36.3 (High: 36) `: === NWS Regional Summary - 517 AM EST SUN JAN 13 2002 === A quick but intense storm will affect southern New England today. A rapidly intensifying storm will move to near Cape Cod midday and then into the Gulf of Maine this afternoon. The storm will bring heavy precipitation to southern New England this morning into early afternoon. Rain, possibly accompanied by thunder, will fall across Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts, and mostly snow will fall across northern Massachusetts and southwest New Hampshire. Rain in Worcester, Hartford and bostons western and northern suburbs will mix with and eventually change to snow later this morning. Winter storm warnings are posted for southwest New Hampshire and a large part of northern Massachusetts today for snowfall of 7 inches or more. The heaviest accumulations will occur across the Monadnocks and Worcester hills, where snowfall rates of 2 or 3 inches per hour are possible. A winter weather advisory is in effect adjacent to the warning area, including the region just north and west of a Boston to Providence line. A burst of heavy snow is expected to occur over northeast Massachusetts late this morning into early afternoon. As the storm intensifies in the Gulf of Maine, a strong west to northwest wind will develop this afternoon. High wind warnings or wind advisories are posted for all of Rhode Island as well as eastern and central Massachusetts. A high wind warning is in effect for the along the immediate coast from Boston south to Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod and the islands, where scattered wind gusts to 60 mph are likely. A wind advisory has been posted over the rest of eastern and central Massachusetts as well as all of Rhode Island. Over southwest New Hampshire and central and northeast Massachusetts, the strong winds on the heels of wet snow may cause scattered power outages. As the storm center races into Nova Scotia tonight, the winds will gradually subside across southern New England. High pressure will bring mostly partly sunny skies and lighter winds to the region Monday. Skies will cloud up again, however, Monday evening as a new low pressure area approaches New England from the west Monday night. Snow north and rain or snow south are likely across southern New England Monday night into Tuesday morning. The Monday night precipitation event looks to be lighter than todays event. === The weather observed at WORCESTER at 07:54 AM EST was: === The weather reported was heavy snow and fog. The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was .25 miles. Temperature: 32F ( 0C) Dewpoint: 32F ( 0C) Relative Humidity: 100% There was no wind. Pressure: 995.5 millibars. Altimeter:29.37 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 13-Jan-2002 06:35 EST === 7am: 36008kt 1sm -rasn Br Ovc007; Tempo 7-9am: 1/2sm Sn Fg Ovc002 9am: 01014kt 1/2sm Sn Fg Ovc005; Tempo 9-1pm: 1/4sm +sn Fg Ovc002 1pm: 31018g28kt 4sm -shsn Ovc015 3pm: 29025g35kt P6sm Bkn035 1am: 27018kt P6sm Skc