2008-03-24: 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 1.2 260 36 49 |-14.6 `: 11500 0.8 48 |-12.6 `: 11000 0.4 48 |-10.7 : 10500 0.0 47 | -8.7 :(High: 47) 10000 -0.4 47 | -6.7 : 9500 -0.8 255 29 47 | -4.7 :` 9000 -1.3 255 28 46 | -3.1 : ` 8500 -1.8 45 | -1.3 : ` 8000 -2.2 265 26 44 | 0.6 (CB: 8100) : ` 7500 -2.7 43 | 2.5 : ` 7000 -3.1 270 24 42 | 4.4 : ` 6500 -3.5 42 | 6.3 : ` 6000 -4.0 275 21 41 | 8.2 : ` 5500 -4.4 40 | 10.1 : ` 5000 -4.8 39 | 12.0 : ` 4500 -5.3 280 18 38 | 13.8 : ` 4000 -6.1 280 15 37 | 15.0 : ` 3500 -7.0 35 | 16.2 : ` 3000 -7.8 300 11 34 | 17.3 : ` 2500 -8.6 305 10 32 | 18.5 : ` 2000 -9.9 315 8 30 | 19.0 : ` 1500 -10.7 29 | 20.0 : ` 1000 -11.5 300 4 27 | 21.3 : ` 500 -12.3 300 2 26 | 22.5 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 731 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 === After a chilly start, southern New England should have a mostly sunny skies, with increasing afternoon clouds. Highs will be similar to the past few days, generally running a few degrees cooler than the seasonable for the first week of spring. Monday night will feature mostly clear skies as high pressure continues to dominate the regions weather. Lows Monday night will range from mid teens to mid 20s. Skies will start off sunny on Tuesday however clouds will begin to move over the region late in the day as high pressure moves off shore. Highs Tuesday will range from the low to mid 40s high pressure will be squeezed offshore between areas of low pressure by Tuesday afternoon. One low will track well offshore southeast of New England, another area of low pressure will pass north of the Great Lakes during the Tuesday overnight. A cold front swinging across southern New England by Wednesday morning. Will produce snow and rain showers into the late morning on Wednesday. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 06:54 AM EST was: === The skies were clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 25F ( -4C) Dewpoint: 2F (-17C) Relative Humidity: 36% Winds from the NE (030 degs) at 6 mph. Pressure: 1024.8 millibars. Altimeter:30.22 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 24-Mar-2008 07:21 EDT === 8am: 02003kt P6sm Few200 12pm: 28004kt P6sm Sct100 Bkn200 3pm: 27006kt P6sm Sct050 Bkn100 7pm: 35005kt P6sm Sct250 1am: 36005kt P6sm Skc