222 FPUS71 KBOX 011107 NOWBOS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 705 AM EDT THU OCT 1 1998 RIZ001>007-MAZ006>007-013>024-ANZ230>237-250-255-011245- RHODE ISLAND...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS .NOW... AT 700 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS TO NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CLEAR THE COAST EAST OF CAPE COD BY 845 AM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. COMMUTERS FROM THE SOUTH SHORE AND THE CAPE DRIVING NORTH TOWARD BOSTON WILL EXPERIENCE MORE THAN USUAL DELAYS DUE TO WET ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING.&& $$