2003-01-04: 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 23.6 130 10 71 | 9.7 ` : 11500 22.8 70 | 10.9 ` : 11000 22.0 69 | 12.1 ` : 10500 21.2 67 | 13.3 ` : 10000 19.9 65 | 13.6 ` : 9500 18.5 265 3 62 | 13.7 ` : 9000 17.4 255 4 60 | 14.6 ` : 8500 16.6 59 | 15.7 ` : 8000 15.7 170 14 57 | 16.9 ` : 7500 14.9 56 | 18.0 ` : 7000 13.5 135 25 53 | 18.1 ` : 6500 11.5 50 | 17.2 ` : 6000 9.5 100 38 46 | 16.2 ` : 5500 7.5 42 | 15.3 ` : 5000 5.5 39 | 14.4 ` : 4500 4.3 75 27 37 | 15.0 ` : 4000 3.6 65 23 35 | 16.5 ` : 3500 3.1 34 | 18.1 ` : 3000 2.5 40 19 33 | 19.7 ` : 2500 1.9 32 | 21.3 ` : 2000 1.3 15 19 31 | 22.9 ` : 1500 0.7 30 | 24.5 `: 1000 0.1 360 18 29 | 26.1 (High: 29, CB: 1200) : 500 -0.5 29 | 27.7 :` === NWS Regional Summary - 458 AM EST SAT JAN 4 2003 === Winter storm beginning to wind down. The ocean storm that brought all the snow, wintery mix and rain to southern New England, is currently centered approximately 50 miles south of Nantucket, and moving slowly northeastward. Northern and western interior areas received a considerable amount of snow from this storm, some stations receiving as much as a foot. A narrow stripe running from the Boston area to Providence to portions of northern Connecticut received a wintery mix of freezing rain, snow, sleet and rain. Southeastern Massachusetts including the Cape and islands, as well as most of Rhode Island, has been mostly rain with occasional sleet. Temperatures have been steady most of the night. At 5 am, temperatures ranged from the mid 20s to low 30s over the interior, while eastern and southeastern Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island were in the upper 30s to low 40s. Cape Cod and the islands were in the low to mid 40s. Today, the storm is going to slowly drift northeast. The heavy precipitation is expected to begin to decrease in intensity. The wintery weather is expected to continue as we pick up a backlash behind the storm, however precipitation is not expected to be as intense as it was last night. Areas that having been getting a wintery mix and rain will eventually change to all snow during the course of the day, as colder air moves in behind the storm. There will be some additional accumulation of snow, particularly over southern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. Strong northeast winds may cause moderate coastal flooding along east coastal Massachusetts around the time of high tide midday Saturday. The storm will wind down Saturday night and in its wake, high pressure and fair weather will follow for Sunday. Another low pressure system may bring clouds and a chance of snow to southern New England Sunday night into Monday. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 08:19 AM EST was: === The weather reported was light snow and fog. The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was .75 miles. Temperature: 25F ( -4C) Dewpoint: 23F ( -5C) Relative Humidity: 93% Winds from the NNE(020 degs) at 21 mph. Pressure: 1003.3 millibars. Altimeter:29.59 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 4-Jan-2003 06:30 EST === 7am: 03020g30kt 2sm -sn Sct007 Ovc015; Tempo 7-10am: 3/4sm -sn Ovc006 10am: 01015g25kt 3sm -sn Ovc015; Tempo 10-1pm: 1sm -sn Ovc007 2pm: 34015kt 6sm -shsn Ovc025 5pm: 32014kt P6sm Ovc030 11pm: 32010kt P6sm Ovc045