2003-02-18: 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 25.1 130 2 71 | 9.0 ` : 11500 24.4 70 | 10.4 ` : 11000 23.7 68 | 11.8 ` : 10500 22.9 67 | 13.2 ` : 10000 22.2 75 20 66 | 14.6 ` : 9500 21.5 70 21 65 | 16.0 ` : 9000 20.5 70 22 63 | 16.9 ` : 8500 19.5 61 | 17.6 ` : 8000 18.4 70 29 59 | 18.4 ` : 7500 17.3 57 | 19.1 ` : 7000 15.1 70 23 53 | 17.8 ` : 6500 12.2 48 | 15.2 ` : 6000 11.5 85 16 47 | 16.7 ` : 5500 10.8 45 | 18.1 ` : 5000 10.2 120 20 44 | 19.6 ` : 4500 9.4 115 20 43 | 20.9 ` : 4000 7.9 120 20 40 | 20.9 ` : 3500 4.4 34 | 17.3 ` : 3000 2.4 100 14 30 | 16.4 ` : 2500 1.2 80 8 28 | 16.8 `: 2000 0.4 60 9 27 | 18.1 (CB: 2300) `: 1500 -1.9 23 | 16.6 (High: 26) : ` 1000 -3.1 30 11 21 | 17.1 : ` 500 -3.2 20 2 21 | 19.5 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 531 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 === The heavy snow and strong northeast winds of last evening, gradually let up during the overnight hours, with areas of lighter, intermitant snow occurring early this morning. Across southern New England, snow amounts of 15 to 25" are common. Temperatures are in the upper teens to mid 20s across the region, except lower 30s across the Cape and islands. For today, the main low pressure system will continue to move east, away from New England, however the upper level system will cross the region during the mid day hours. This could produce another period of snow later this morning through early this afternoon, with another few inches possible. It will continue cold, but less windy than yesterday. High temperatures this afternoon will be mainly in the 20s. All snow should end by early tonight, then gradually clearing is expected late at night. Temperatures will be in the teens and 20s across the region. Wednesday looks to be mostly cloudy and milder as southwest winds develop ahead of a cold front. Afternoon highs will reach the mid 30s to lower 40s. The cold front will cross southern New England Wednesday night, and could produce of few snow showers in the process. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 18F ( -8C) Dewpoint: 16F ( -9C) Relative Humidity: 93% Winds from the NE (030 degs) at 9 mph. Pressure: 1016.2 millibars. Altimeter:29.95 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast not available. ===