2008-01-04: 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 23.9 280 67 75 | 11.1 ` : 11500 23.5 74 | 13.0 ` : 11000 22.4 280 67 72 | 13.8 ` : 10500 21.3 70 | 14.5 ` : 10000 20.3 68 | 15.3 ` : 9500 17.7 280 57 64 | 13.3 ` : 9000 16.1 280 50 61 | 13.1 ` : 8500 14.5 58 | 13.0 ` : 8000 13.3 280 44 56 | 13.5 ` : 7500 12.1 54 | 14.0 ` : 7000 10.9 285 40 52 | 14.5 ` : 6500 9.7 49 | 15.0 (CB: 6500) ` : 6000 8.5 285 38 47 | 15.5 ` : 5500 7.3 45 | 16.1 ` : 5000 6.1 43 | 16.6 ` : 4500 5.0 285 36 41 | 17.2 ` : 4000 3.9 285 34 39 | 17.9 ` : 3500 2.9 37 | 18.7 ` : 3000 1.2 275 24 34 | 18.3 `: 2500 -2.3 275 26 29 | 14.7 (High: 32) : ` 2000 -4.5 250 18 25 | 13.5 : ` 1500 -5.2 24 | 14.9 : ` 1000 -7.0 200 9 20 | 14.4 : ` 500 -13.4 205 7 9 | 5.5 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 815 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 === The first arctic cold snap will end today as high pressure moves offshore. Last nights lows were colder than yesterday with the winds dropping off. A few colder valleys across southern New Hampshire drooped down to minus 15°. Today after a chilly start temperatures will rebound back into the upper 20s to lower 30s, some 15° warmer than yesterday. Tonight skies will partly cloudy with lows in the upper teens to lower 20s where there is no snow cover. Areas with a snow cover should drop down in to the lower teens to the single numbers. The weekend will see a gradually warm up a southwest flow develops. === 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 SW (240 degs) at 17 mph. Pressure: 1032.3 millibars. Altimeter:30.41 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 4-Jan-2008 06:27 EST === 7am: 25009kt P6sm Skc 9am: 24013g22kt P6sm Bkn180 5pm: 26012kt P6sm Bkn250