2008-02-21: 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 6.7 290 37 44 |-19.9 ` : 11500 6.2 43 |-18.2 ` : 11000 5.6 42 |-16.4 ` : 10500 5.0 41 |-14.9 ` : 10000 4.1 39 |-13.8 ` : 9500 3.2 38 |-12.8 ` : 9000 2.3 300 25 36 |-11.7 ` : 8500 1.5 35 |-10.6 `: 8000 0.6 305 25 33 | -9.4 `: 7500 -0.2 32 | -8.3 (High: 32) : 7000 -1.1 310 27 31 | -7.2 :` 6500 -1.9 29 | -6.0 (CB: 6800) : ` 6000 -2.8 310 29 28 | -4.9 : ` 5500 -3.7 26 | -3.8 : ` 5000 -4.7 25 | -2.9 : ` 4500 -5.6 300 28 23 | -2.0 : ` 4000 -6.6 300 28 21 | -1.0 : ` 3500 -7.5 19 | -0.1 : ` 3000 -8.5 300 27 18 | 0.9 : ` 2500 -8.5 300 27 18 | 3.5 : ` 2000 -9.0 300 25 17 | 5.4 : ` 1500 -9.4 16 | 7.2 : ` 1000 -9.9 300 24 15 | 9.0 : ` 500 -10.4 305 9 14 | 10.9 : ` === NWS Regional Synopsis - 331 AM EST THU FEB 21 2008 === High pressure will bring dry but cold weather today and tonight. A coastal storm is expected to pass southeast of New England early Saturday, and is likely to bring accumulating snow and some mixed precipitation to much of southern New England. High pressure will follow for the rest of the weekend, before another low pressure system affects us early next week. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 15F ( -9C) Dewpoint: 4F (-16C) Relative Humidity: 61% Winds from the WNW(290 degs) at 8 mph. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 21-Feb-2008 06:20 EST === 7am: 28010kt P6sm Few250 7pm: 26005kt P6sm Sct250 4am: 23004kt P6sm Sct050 Ovc080