2008-02-25: 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 15.3 255 21 73 | 9.9 ` : 11500 14.6 72 | 11.4 ` : 11000 14.0 71 | 12.9 ` : 10500 13.4 70 | 14.5 ` : 10000 12.7 265 27 69 | 16.0 ` : 9500 11.6 265 27 67 | 16.6 ` : 9000 10.6 265 24 65 | 17.6 ` : 8500 9.8 64 | 18.8 ` : 8000 8.6 270 20 61 | 19.2 ` : 7500 6.9 58 | 18.8 ` : 7000 5.4 275 18 56 | 18.8 ` : 6500 4.8 54 | 20.3 (CB: 6600) ` : 6000 4.1 280 18 53 | 21.9 ` : 5500 3.5 52 | 23.5 ` : 5000 2.9 51 | 25.0 ` : 4500 2.3 285 21 50 | 26.6 ` : 4000 -0.5 290 23 46 | 24.2 (High: 46) : 3500 -4.2 39 | 20.2 : ` 3000 -5.1 295 24 38 | 21.3 : ` 2500 -5.7 37 | 22.9 : ` 2000 -6.3 295 20 36 | 24.6 : ` 1500 -6.9 35 | 26.1 : ` 1000 -7.5 295 17 33 | 27.7 : ` 500 -8.9 31 | 27.7 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 640 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008 === We will see mostly sunny skies after a cloudy start, particularly south of the Massachusetts turnpike. Nonetheless, temperatures should recover from the mornings` cold start to the low to mid 40s. Monday night, skies should start off mostly clear, but they will become mostly cloudy from west to east after midnight in advance of an approaching storm system. Lows may bottom out between 10 and 15 well inland to around 30 in downtown Boston. High pressure will provide dry weather through tomorrow. Low pressure heading east from the plains is expected to bring a wintry mix to the interior Tuesday and Tuesday night, with mostly rain near the coast. High pressure will bring colder weather Thursday and Friday. Another storm system may affect southern New England next weekend. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were mostly clear. The prevailing visibility was 10 miles. Temperature: 25F ( -4C) Dewpoint: 14F (-10C) Relative Humidity: 63% Winds from the WNW(290 degs) at 3 mph. Pressure: 1013.3 millibars. Altimeter:29.88 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 25-Feb-2008 06:20 EST === 7am: 27008kt P6sm Bkn250 4am: 25005kt P6sm Sct100 Bkn200