2003-03-02: ALB upper air data from FSL's server at NOAA in Boulder, CO. Forecast max temp from AVN MOS for Fitchburg MA from nws.noaa.gov. === Interpolations from ALB data - temps:deg. F, altitudes:feet MSL === MSL *TI* Wdir@kts trig VirT 2.1 degrees/division ("`": Dry Adiabatic) ----- ---- -------- ---- . ---- ----------------------------------------- 12000 15.2 245 49 66 | 4.8 ` : 11500 14.8 66 | 6.7 ` : 11000 14.5 65 | 8.8 ` : 10500 14.4 65 | 11.3 ` : 10000 14.6 65 | 14.4 ` : 9500 15.1 230 41 66 | 18.0 ` : 9000 14.0 230 38 64 | 18.7 ` : 8500 13.2 63 | 19.9 ` : 8000 12.9 225 36 62 | 22.0 ` : 7500 12.6 62 | 24.2 ` : 7000 12.4 225 37 61 | 26.4 ` : 6500 11.9 60 | 28.2 ` : 6000 10.5 225 33 58 | 28.5 ` : 5500 9.2 55 | 28.7 ` : 5000 7.9 230 27 53 | 29.0 ` : 4500 6.5 230 26 51 | 29.3 ` : 4000 5.2 225 25 48 | 29.5 ` : 3500 3.8 46 | 29.7 ` : 3000 2.5 200 25 43 | 30.0 ` : 2500 1.1 41 | 30.2 `: 2000 -0.2 175 28 39 | 30.4 (High: 39, CB: 2000) : 1500 -1.6 37 | 30.6 : ` 1000 -2.0 175 20 36 | 32.6 : ` 500 -2.1 36 | 35.1 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 534 AM EST SUN MAR 2 2003 === Light snow overspread much of southern New England during the evening. The precipitation moved eastward off the coast after about 2 am. Overcast cloudiness and areas of fog remained. Light southerly winds helped temperatures remain steady or slowly rise through the lower and mid 30s after midnight. The break in precipitation will be very short lived however. Rain was already knocking at the door to our south and west around daybreak. As low pressure rapidly intensifies this afternoon along the mid Atlantic coast, the rain will overspread southern New England this morning. It will become heavy at times and there is even a chance of a thunderstorm, especially across Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts. Localized street flooding may occur in low lying and poor drainage areas. Temperatures will climb to the upper 30s and lower 40s in most areas. The rain is expected to change to snow a few hours before ending. It will accumulate in northern and western portions of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire but little if any accumulation is expected in eastern or southern sections. West to northwest winds will become strong and gusty toward daybreak. High pressure will bring sunshine on Monday, but strong and gusty northwest winds will usher in frigid air once again. Despite the sunshine, temperatures will be steady or slowly falling into the teens and lower 20s. We will be back into the deep freeze Monday night, with temperatures dropping to zero to 5 below zero in many northern and western areas of southern New England and to the single digits above zero in most other areas, except near 10 at the coast. Clouds will increase on Tuesday and there could be a touch of light snow or flurries, mainly north of the Mass Pike, as winds turn to a southerly direction and some warmer air tries to override the colder air near the surface. A mixed bag of precipitation, changing to rain is expected for late Tuesday night and Wednesday as a low pressure area approaches from the west. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 08:19 AM EST was: === The weather reported was and fog. The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was .25 miles. Temperature: 30F ( -1C) Dewpoint: 30F ( -1C) Relative Humidity: 100% Winds from the SE (140 degs) at 12 mph. Pressure: 1011.8 millibars. Altimeter:29.84 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast not available. ===