2008-01-20: 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 9.9 260 39 44 |-20.1 ` : 11500 9.1 42 |-18.9 ` : 11000 8.3 41 |-17.7 ` : 10500 7.5 39 |-16.5 ` : 10000 6.7 38 |-15.3 ` : 9500 5.8 36 |-14.1 ` : 9000 5.0 265 31 35 |-12.9 ` : 8500 4.1 33 |-11.9 ` : 8000 3.1 270 30 31 |-11.0 ` : 7500 2.0 30 |-10.3 ` : 7000 -0.3 285 26 26 |-11.8 (High: 26) :` 6500 -2.2 23 |-12.6 : ` 6000 -2.7 295 20 22 |-10.8 (CB: 6200) : ` 5500 -2.9 22 | -8.4 : ` 5000 -3.0 21 | -6.0 : ` 4500 -3.2 21 | -3.6 : ` 4000 -3.3 320 13 21 | -1.2 : ` 3500 -3.6 20 | 1.0 : ` 3000 -3.9 325 14 20 | 3.2 : ` 2500 -4.1 19 | 5.4 : ` 2000 -4.1 300 16 20 | 8.1 : ` 1500 -4.2 19 | 10.5 : ` 1000 -4.4 290 13 19 | 12.9 : ` 500 -4.6 19 | 15.3 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 738 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2008 === During the overnight as low pressure passed well east of Cape Cod southeast New England had a brief period of snow with up to around one inch across Cape Cod. This mornings temperatures will start of in the mid to upper 20s along the coast, and the mid teens across western sections. Skies should briefly become partly sunny then clouds increase ahead of an arctic cold front that will push across southern New England with a chance of scattered snow showers this afternoon. It will be blustery and cold with highs early in the day ranging from the teens to upper 20s but falling during the afternoon with a gusty northwest wind. Tonight skies will gradually clear with lows dropping back to the lower teens along the coast, and down to single numbers out west. Monday high pressure will build across the northeast with mostly sunny skies but still cold, with afternoon temperatures only in the 20s to mid teens. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 18F ( -8C) Dewpoint: 7F (-14C) Relative Humidity: 62% Winds from the NW (310 degs) at 12 mph. Pressure: 1013.0 millibars. Altimeter:29.87 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 20-Jan-2008 06:20 EST === 7am: 29015kt P6sm Bkn100 9am: 28015g23kt P6sm Sct050 Bkn080; Tempo 11-3pm: Bkn040 7pm: 28015g21kt P6sm Few080