2003-01-07: 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 1.4 degrees/division ("`": Dry Adiabatic) ----- ---- -------- ---- . ---- ----------------------------------------- 12000 17.2 350 12 56 | -5.9 ` : 11500 16.5 55 | -4.4 ` : 11000 15.9 54 | -2.8 ` : 10500 15.3 52 | -1.2 ` : 10000 14.7 51 | 0.3 ` : 9500 14.1 350 14 50 | 1.9 ` : 9000 13.3 355 15 49 | 3.1 ` : 8500 11.9 46 | 3.3 ` : 8000 10.3 350 22 43 | 3.0 ` : 7500 8.4 40 | 2.3 ` : 7000 6.5 350 23 37 | 1.7 ` : 6500 5.6 35 | 2.6 ` : 6000 4.8 345 23 34 | 3.8 ` : 5500 4.0 32 | 5.1 ` : 5000 3.2 350 19 31 | 6.3 ` : 4500 2.4 350 19 29 | 7.7 ` : 4000 2.1 345 19 29 | 9.6 `: 3500 2.4 29 | 13.0 ` : 3000 4.6 335 20 33 | 19.6 ` : 2500 6.8 37 | 26.2 ` : 2000 9.0 325 20 41 | 32.8 ` : 1500 11.2 45 | 39.5 ` : 1000 13.4 315 22 49 | 46.1 ` : 500 15.6 53 | 52.7 ` : Forecast high temp 25. Forecast cloudbase 0. === NWS Regional Summary - 725 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 === Light snow fell over much of southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island last night, with as much as two inches of accumulation reported. Elsewhere cloudy skies prevailed, and temperatures fell into the teens to mid 20s, except for some lower 30s over the Cape and islands. Lingering areas of light snow over eastern Massachusetts will end this morning. Clouds will give way to some sunshine across the Connecticut valley this morning and farther east by afternoon, as weak high pressure builds over New England. More light snow can be expected tonight into Wednesday. Low pressure north of the Great Lakes will track across Quebec, swinging a cold front through New England. Another low will follow on its heels Wednesday night into Thursday, bringing another round of light snow. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 19F ( -7C) Dewpoint: 16F ( -9C) Relative Humidity: 86% Winds from the NNW(340 degs) at 9 mph. Pressure: 1009.2 millibars. Altimeter:29.76 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 7-Jan-2003 06:46 EST === 7am: 34010kt P6sm Bkn030 Ovc045; Tempo 7-9am: Bkn025 Ovc045 9am: 33015g25kt P6sm Bkn060 1pm: 32012kt P6sm Sct035 5pm: 30010kt P6sm Sct035 Bkn250 9pm: 27010kt P6sm Sct045 Ovc120 0am: 24006kt P6sm Ovc045 2am: 24007kt 4sm -sn Br Ovc025 4am: 24007kt 2sm -sn Br Ovc015; Tempo 4-7am: 1sm -sn Br Ovc008