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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
355 PM EST WED NOV 25 2009

A PERSISTENT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE LADEN NORTHEAST WIND OFF THE 
OCEAN WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES INTO THE HOLIDAY AND 
BEYOND.

PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT LINGERING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING. THERE COULD BE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH AREAS OF 
DRIZZLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE ANOTHER MILD NIGHT 
FOR NOVEMBER WITH READINGS SIMILAR TO TUESDAY NIGHT. 

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.

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND 
THURSDAY. HOWEVER CLOUDS...DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL PERSIST. LOW 
PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET. 
THE LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES NEAR NANTUCKET EARLY 
FRIDAY...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MARITIMES FRIDAY NIGHT AND 
SATURDAY BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN 
BRING DRIER WEATHER FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. 

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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