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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
650 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. HIGH 
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...A FEW DEGREES ABOVE 
NORMAL. EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUDS TODAY ALONG WITH BUSY WINDS... 
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE EAST COAST.

SLOW CLEARING WILL TAKE HOLD MOSTLY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. IT 
SHOULD BE DRY OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE A MILD NIGHT 
FOR LATE NOVEMBER. TEMPERATURES READINGS WILL SCALE FROM THE MID 30S 
WELL INLAND TO THE MID 40S ELSEWHERE. PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP 
OVERNIGHT PERSISTING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

ON THANKSGIVING DAY...CLOUDY SKIES AND PERHAPS SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN 
WILL BE FEATURED. THE THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS FOCUSED 
OVER THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON 
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S...5 TO 10 
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL RANGE FOR THE DAY.

LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS WELL EAST OF NANTUCKET THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. 
A LARGE GALE SHOULD BE CENTERED NEAR THE NEW ENGLAND COAST 
FRIDAY...THEN SPIN AWAY INTO THE MARITIMES THIS WEEKEND.

THANKSGIVING DAY THIS YEAR PROMISES FAVORABLE WEATHER IN COMPARISON 
TO THANKSGIVINGS IN THE PAST. BOSTON...IN 1940...HAD 6.5 INCHES OF 
SNOW ON THE GROUND. ALSO IN BOSTON...THANKSGIVING IN 1971 WAS 
SOAKING WET AFTER 2.59 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN.

PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND AWOKE THANKSGIVING MORNING IN 1969 TO BITTER 
COLD CONDITIONS WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT 12 DEGREES. TWO YEARS AGO... 
THE HOLIDAY WAS CELEBRATED WITH A BALMY 67 DEGREE HIGH 
READING.

THE WINDSOR LOCKS AND HARTFORD CONNECTICUT AREA RECORDED 7.6 INCHES
OF SNOW ON THE GROUND ON TURKEY DAY IN 1971. ADDED TO THE DAYS 
WEATHER MENU...1.56 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ATOP THE SNOW COVER  
PRODUCING SLOPPY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.



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