2003-01-14: 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 15.6 290 55 47 |-15.3 ` : 11500 14.0 44 |-15.4 ` : 11000 12.5 41 |-15.5 ` : 10500 11.2 39 |-15.2 ` : 10000 10.5 38 |-13.8 ` : 9500 9.8 37 |-12.4 ` : 9000 9.0 315 40 35 |-11.1 ` : 8500 8.2 34 | -9.9 ` : 8000 7.6 320 30 33 | -8.3 ` : 7500 7.1 32 | -6.6 ` : 7000 6.2 320 29 30 | -5.6 ` : 6500 5.0 28 | -5.0 ` : 6000 3.8 315 30 26 | -4.5 ` : 5500 2.6 24 | -4.0 ` : 5000 2.1 23 | -2.2 ` : 4500 1.7 315 33 22 | -0.3 (CB: 4500) `: 4000 1.3 315 34 21 | 1.8 ` : 3500 0.9 20 | 3.6 `: 3000 -0.5 310 36 19 | 3.8 (High: 19) :` 2500 -1.8 310 35 17 | 4.1 : ` 2000 -2.6 310 35 15 | 5.3 : ` 1500 -3.7 13 | 6.1 : ` 1000 -5.0 305 27 11 | 6.4 : ` 500 -5.5 315 7 10 | 8.2 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 400 AM EST TUE JAN 14 2003 === The coldest air of the season will affect the region through the end of the week. A persistent northwest flow will usher in reinforcing surges of arctic air during the next 3 days, bring the region the coldest air of the winter season. Skies will generally be partly to mostly sunny by day and clear to partly cloudy at night through Thursday. High temperatures today will struggle to make more than a few degrees of improvement from daybreak temperatures, which ranged from the mid to upper 20s along the shore to the mid teens well inland. A brisk northwest wind this morning will make it feel more like zero in some locations. Under partly to mostly clear skies tonight, temperatures will drop into the single numbers, with readings of zero to 10 below likely in protected interior locations where a deep snow cover exists. Coastal locations will drop into the low to mid teens. Wednesday will feature partly to mostly sunny skies with temperatures much like today, generally in the teens to mid 20s. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 9F (-13C) Dewpoint: -2F (-19C) Relative Humidity: 61% Winds from the WNW(290 degs) at 20 mph. Pressure: 1015.1 millibars. Altimeter:29.92 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast not available. ===