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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
641 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

RAIN INVADED THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE EARLY
THIS MORNING AND SOME OF IT IN CONNECTICUT WAS RATHER HEAVY WITH
LIGHTNING.  DENSE FOG FORMED NEAR DAWN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE.   TEMPERATURES AT DAYBREAK WERE GENERALLY IN THE 60S.

THE FIRST BATCH OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE
HEADING EAST AND AFFECT MAINLY THE REGION FROM THE MASS TURNPIKE
SOUTHWARD. HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD SHIFT OUT OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
DURING MID MORNING AND BECOME FOCUSED OUT NEAR THE CAPE. THIS RAIN
WILL GENERALLY END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT NEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
FORM OVER THE INTERIOR DURING MID AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE
MOSTLY IN THE 70S.

TONIGHT THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS.  OTHERWISE PATCHY DENSE
FOG FORMS LATE...MAINLY NEAR AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 55 AND 65.

THEN ON SUNDAY...IT WARMS UP INTO THE 80S EXCEPT 70S CAPE AND
ISLANDS.  PRETTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON
OVER THE INTERIOR WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS.   GOLFERS IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY MAY WANT
TO BE ALERT FOR THREATENING SKIES.

MONDAY MAY SEE THE START OF A 3 DAY HEAT WAVE IN A FEW LOCATIONS
FROM HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD TO BOSTON AND MANCHESTER.  THE WARMEST
DAYS OF THE WORKWEEK PROMISE TO BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WHEN
READINGS MAY REACH THE MID 90S. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR.

A WARM FRONT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW ENGLAND WILL DISSIPATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AS WESTERN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE REASSERTS ITS
INFLUENCE EARLY THIS WEEK.  A COLD FRONT MAY BRING RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

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