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FPUS71 KBOX 071541
NOWBOX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1140 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-071645-
BARNSTABLE-BRISTOL RI-CHESHIRE-DUKES-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-EASTERN KENT-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-
EASTERN PROVIDENCE-EXTREME EASTERN NORFOLK-EXTREME SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-
HARTFORD-HILLSBOROUGH-NANTUCKET-NEWPORT-NORTHERN BRISTOL-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN WORCESTER-SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-SUFFOLK-TOLLAND-WASHINGTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN HAMPDEN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-
WESTERN KENT-WESTERN NORFOLK-WESTERN PLYMOUTH-WESTERN PROVIDENCE-
WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...BARRINGTON...BLANDFORD...
BOSTON...BROCKTON...CHESTERFIELD...COVENTRY...FRAMINGHAM...
FRANKLIN...GLOUCESTER...GREENFIELD...HARTFORD...HYANNIS...KEENE...
LOWELL...MANCHESTER...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...NEW BEDFORD...
NEWPORT...ORANGE...PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...QUINCY...SHELBURNE...
SPRINGFIELD...STORRS...TAUNTON...WAREHAM...WARWICK...WESTERLY...
WILLIMANTIC...WOONSOCKET...WORCESTER
1140 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002

.NOW...
RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE NORTHWEST
THIRD OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CONNECTICUT...BUT
THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LAST BAND OF LIGHT RAIN AT 1140 AM...HAD
TEMPORARILY STALLED. IT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT LAWRENCE AND NASHUA TO
NEAR FITCHBURG AND WORCESTER TO JUST EAST OF HARTFORD. A HEAVIER RAIN
BAND FROM NANTUCKET TO CHATHAM SHOWED A BACK EDGE NEAR THE WEST SIDE
OF MARTHAS VINEYARD BUT...ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE SHOWERS OVER
EASTERN LONG ISLAND STILL WILL BE CROSSING SOUTH COASTAL NEW ENGLAND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BRIGHTEN IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MARINERS IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF
CAPE COD CAN STILL EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS BRIEFLY TO 40 OR 45 KNOTS
SOMETIME BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM.

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