Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED MARINE HEADLINES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)...
MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.
THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM CAPE ANN TO WILLIMANTIC CT ABOUT
8 PM...THEN EXIT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY...BUT
USHER DRIER AIR INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BEFORE IT ARRIVES HERE.

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

.AVIATION...AREAS OF HAZE AND FOG WITH VISIBILITY AROUND 3 MILES
SHOULD IMPROVE ONCE THE WIND SHIFTS NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN HEAVY RAIN.  CEILINGS
EXPECTED TO BE VFR...EXCEPT IN HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.

MARINE...SEAS RUNNING 2-4 FT ACROSS THE OUTER SOUTH COASTAL
WATERS. EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD ANOTHER FOOT OR SO WITH STRENGTHENING
SOUTHWEST WIND THIS EVENING. WILL ISSUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
SEAS.

.LONG TERM (SAT NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRI)...
LARGE SFC HI OVR OH VLY SAT NGT SLWLY BLDS TO MIDATLC COAST MON...
ALLOWING FOR MNLY CLR SKIES AND COOLER TMPS AS CURRENTLY
ADVERTISED. WONT BE SURPRISED TO SEE MNLY OF INTERIOR VLYS DIP INTO
L40S SUN MRNG SINCE THIS IS A VERY DRY AMS MOVG IN...AND ALTHO TMPS
SHUDNT BE AS COOL SUN NGT MINS IN 40S STILL REASONABLE.  GRDL
MODERATION IN TMPS ERLY NXT WEEK AS LL SW FLO DVLPS ONCE AGAIN.

CHC POPS TUE NGT INTO WED AS NXT SFC LO TRACKING UP ST LAWR VLY.  12Z
GFS KEEPS MOST OF DYNAMICS AND LL MOISTR REMAIN N OF FA...BUT ENUF
LL CONV ALG BNDRY ITSELF WARRANTS CONTD MNTN.  BNDRY SHUD BE MOVG
THRU FA WED MRNG AND OFFSHR DURG AFTN...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LARGE
SFC HI FOR LATE WEEK.

.BOX...
CT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CTZ002>004.
MA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MAZ002>021-026.
RI...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM RIZ001>008.
NH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM NHZ011-012-015.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS ANZ254-255.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED SAT NIGHT
         ANZ231>233-250

SHORT TERM...BELK
LONG TERM...JWD

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-231015-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
625 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO BETWEEN 90 AND 95 OVER INTERIOR AREAS OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS
MAY ORGANIZE INTO A LINE WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.  AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING THE
MOST LIKELY TIMING WOULD BE IN NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST
NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM...REACHING THE BOSTON AND
PROVIDENCE METRO AREAS FROM 3 PM TO 5 PM.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON CURRENT OUTLOOKS/WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PLEASE REFER TO THE NWS-TAUNTON WEB SITE AT (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX .

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR
TODAYS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO RELAY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

FOR WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY THRESHOLDS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING
LINK (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX/WARNINGCRITERIA.SHTML .

FIELD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON, MA
427 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0424 PM    NEW SALEM                 MA   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/22/03   FRANKLIN                       REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

JWD