2008-03-03: ALB upper air data from Kevin Ford's server at Texas A&M. 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 22.0 300 43 85 | 21.0 ` : 11500 21.6 84 | 22.9 ` : 11000 20.0 295 30 81 | 22.6 ` : 10500 18.3 78 | 22.3 ` : 10000 16.9 260 28 75 | 22.5 ` : 9500 16.4 260 28 74 | 24.3 ` : 9000 16.0 250 34 74 | 26.1 ` : 8500 15.5 73 | 27.9 ` : 8000 15.0 250 36 72 | 29.7 ` : 7500 14.5 71 | 31.5 ` : 7000 13.7 265 33 70 | 32.8 (CB: 7000) ` : 6500 12.8 68 | 33.7 ` : 6000 11.8 265 33 66 | 34.7 ` : 5500 10.8 64 | 35.6 ` : 5000 9.9 63 | 36.5 ` : 4500 9.4 260 32 62 | 38.2 ` : 4000 9.2 250 31 61 | 40.7 ` : 3500 8.2 60 | 41.4 ` : 3000 5.9 230 30 55 | 40.0 ` : 2500 3.6 220 25 51 | 38.5 ` : 2000 1.4 195 22 47 | 37.2 ` : 1500 -4.5 38 | 29.4 (High: 45) : ` 1000 -6.8 180 26 34 | 27.9 : ` 500 -9.1 175 13 30 | 26.4 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 738 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 === High passes offshore this morning with a southwest flow developing. Under a mix of sun and clouds temperatures will rise to 45 to 50° during the afternoon. Tonight as a cold front approaches clouds thicken with a chance of rain by morning. Lows should should by mostly in the mid to upper 30s. A few areas in southwest New Hampshire may pockets of freezing rain. A cold front will move through southern New England on Tuesday and stall along the south coast Tuesday night. Low pressure moving up along the front will cross southern New England on Wednesday and bring periods of heavy rain. Weak high pressure will then bring drier weather for Wednesday night and Thursday. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 28F ( -2C) Dewpoint: 10F (-12C) Relative Humidity: 46% Winds from the SW (210 degs) at 10 mph. Pressure: 1025.1 millibars. Altimeter:30.23 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 3-Mar-2008 06:51 EST === 7am: 22007kt P6sm Bkn090 9am: 22012kt P6sm Sct090 Bkn150 12pm: 21011g20kt P6sm Sct080 Bkn120 3pm: 21015g22kt P6sm Sct200 11pm: 22015g21kt 1/2sm Fg Bkn005 2am: 22015g22kt 3sm Br Bkn004