AWUS81 KBOX 211159 RWSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-211959- REGIONAL WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 758 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 SOUTHERN NEW ENGLANDS WILL A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WESTERN AREAS WILL BE MOST LIKELY HAVE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO MID 80S ACROSS THE REGIONS WESTERN HALF. MEANWHILE EASTERN AREAS WILL BE 10 TO AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES COOLER BECAUSE OF WINDS IN OFF THE OCEAN. TONIGHT SKIES REMAIN CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS FALL BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S. WEDNESDAY SKIES START OUT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PARTIAL AFTERNOON SUNSHINE THAT WILL TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEDNESDAYS HIGHS WILL TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY RESULTING IN BRIEFLY COOLER WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN NEW ENGLAND AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. $$