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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
702 AM EST WED NOV 25 2009
A PERSISTENT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE LADEN NORTHEAST WIND OFF THE 
OCEAN WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY. AREAS OF DRIZZLE 
ESPECIALLY ON THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING.  
SOME THINNING OF THE CLOUDS MAY OCCUR AWAY FROM THE EAST COAST. THE 
BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WOULD BE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND SOUTHERN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. TEMPERATURES WILL SPAN IN THE LOWER 50S.
PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT PERSISTING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING. THERE COULD BE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ALSO TONIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL AGAIN BE ANOTHER MILD NIGHT FOR NOVEMBER 
WITH READINGS SIMILAR TO TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF DRIZZLE ARE ALSO 
LIKELY.  
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 MOVE INTO THE MARITIMES TODAY WILL WEAKEN AS  
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT 
LAKES WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY AND
INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS TO NEAR NANTUCKET EARLY FRIDAY. THIS STORM 
WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MARITIMES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY 
BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS.
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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