2008-02-28: 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 11.2 295 16 48 |-15.9 ` : 11500 10.7 47 |-14.1 ` : 11000 10.1 46 |-12.4 ` : 10500 9.6 45 |-10.8 ` : 10000 9.0 305 11 44 | -9.1 ` : 9500 8.4 43 | -7.5 ` : 9000 8.1 310 13 42 | -5.4 ` : 8500 7.6 42 | -3.7 ` : 8000 6.9 310 16 40 | -2.2 ` : 7500 6.3 39 | -0.7 (CB: 7500) ` : 7000 5.5 305 18 38 | 0.6 ` : 6500 4.5 36 | 1.5 ` : 6000 3.5 320 18 34 | 2.4 ` : 5500 1.3 30 | 1.1 ` : 5000 -2.8 24 | -3.5 (High: 28) : ` 4500 -3.9 22 | -2.9 : ` 4000 -4.7 335 26 21 | -1.7 : ` 3500 -6.3 18 | -1.9 : ` 3000 -6.8 315 33 17 | -0.2 : ` 2500 -6.9 17 | 2.4 : ` 2000 -7.1 310 33 16 | 4.6 : ` 1500 -8.7 13 | 4.4 : ` 1000 -9.1 310 23 13 | 6.4 : ` 500 -9.2 12 | 8.9 : ` === NWS Regional Summary - 806 AM EST THU FEB 28 2008 === During the overnight the eastern half of Massachusetts had 1 to 3" of light snow. High pressure will begin to build into the region from the west today with increasing sunshine. Temperatures will be near steady only rising a few degree`s from this morning lows with highs in the lower 20s across western sections and around 32 along coastal sections. With high pressure firmly in control skies will be mostly clear tonight, lows will range from in the single digits below zero over northwest sections to the mid teens over Cape Cod. Friday skies will start out mostly sunny but clouds will be on the increase with a chance of snow moving into western areas by around noon. Snow should reach coastal areas by the afternoon commute. Highs Friday will range from the mid 20s to the lower 30s. === The weather observed at WORCESTER, MA at 07:54 AM EST was: === The skies were mostly cloudy. The prevailing visibility was 9 miles. Temperature: 12F (-11C) Dewpoint: 7F (-14C) Relative Humidity: 79% Winds from the WNW(290 degs) at 8 mph. Pressure: 1011.3 millibars. Altimeter:29.81 inches of mercury. === ORH Terminal Aerodrome Forecast issued 28-Feb-2008 06:37 EST === 7am: 28012g18kt P6sm Bkn050; Tempo 7-9am: 6sm -sn Bkn030 1pm: 29012g20kt P6sm Sct040 Bkn120 5pm: 29012kt P6sm Bkn250 9pm: 29011kt P6sm Skc 3am: 29006kt P6sm Skc