2008-01-07: 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 1.8 degrees/division ("`": Dry Adiabatic) ----- ---- -------- ---- . ---- ----------------------------------------- 12000 21.1 265 41 85 | 22.7 ` : 11500 20.5 84 | 24.3 ` : 11000 19.9 83 | 26.0 ` : 10500 19.1 81 | 27.2 ` : 10000 18.2 270 41 80 | 28.1 ` : 9500 16.9 77 | 28.5 ` : 9000 16.5 265 34 77 | 30.5 ` : 8500 16.2 76 | 32.6 ` : 8000 15.8 265 33 75 | 34.6 ` : 7500 15.5 75 | 36.6 ` : 7000 15.1 260 30 74 | 38.7 ` : 6500 14.8 73 | 40.7 ` : 6000 14.4 255 31 73 | 42.8 ` : 5500 14.1 72 | 44.8 ` : 5000 13.7 72 | 46.8 ` : 4500 13.4 255 33 71 | 48.9 ` : 4000 13.0 255 34 70 | 50.9 ` : 3500 11.9 68 | 51.6 ` : 3000 10.1 245 30 65 | 51.0 ` : 2500 9.9 240 29 65 | 53.3 ` : 2000 9.2 225 24 63 | 54.7 ` : 1500 8.5 62 | 56.1 ` : 1000 6.3 210 20 58 | 54.9 ` : 500 -2.4 44 | 41.9 (High: 47) : ` Forecast cloudbase 400. === NWS Regional Summary - 719 AM EST MON JAN 7 2008 === Today with a persistent mild southwesterly flow, this afternoon high temperatures will climb to the mid to upper 40s at locations along and north of the Massachusetts pike as well as the Connecticut valley. It will be even milder with 50 to 55° readings for southeast Massachusetts, Rhode Island and northeast Connecticut. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny. Tonight skies remain mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s north and west, to the low to mid 40s east. Tuesday should be even warmer than today by at least a few degrees under partly sunny skies. High pressure off the mid Atlantic coast will remain anchored there into Wednesday, resulting in above normal temperatures. A cold front Wednesday will be followed by a cooler high pressure Thursday. Another low pressure is likely to provide a period of precipitation sometime next Friday or Saturday. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were cloudy. The prevailing visibility was 7 miles. Temperature: 43F ( 6C) Dewpoint: 37F ( 3C) Relative Humidity: 81% Winds from the SW (240 degs) at 12 mph. Pressure: 1022.5 millibars. Altimeter:30.17 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 7-Jan-2008 06:41 EST === 7am: 23009kt P6sm Sct025 Bkn060 Ovc090 10am: 23009kt P6sm Sct020 Bkn040 Ovc060 7pm: 24009kt 2sm Br Ovc008