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FPUS71 KBOX 270546
NOWBOX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
146 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002

ANZ230-250-MAZ005>007-013>016-NHZ012-270630-
BOSTON HARBOR-EASTERN ESSEX-EXTREME EASTERN NORFOLK-HILLSBOROUGH-
MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO CHATHAM MA...OUT TO 25 NM-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX-SUFFOLK-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN NORFOLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSTON...FRAMINGHAM...FRANKLIN...
GLOUCESTER...LOWELL...MANCHESTER...QUINCY
146 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002

.NOW...
A LINE OF SHOWERS...SOME OF THEM HEAVY...WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN
NEW ENGLAND. AT 140 AM...THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR DERRY NEW
HAMPSHIRE TO HOPKINTON MASSACHUSETTS. SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE
MERRIMACK VALLEY AS WELL AS BOSTONS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS
BETWEEN NOW AND 230 AM. ONE OF THESE SHOWERS MAY GROW INTO AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...ESPECIALLY IN ESSEX COUNTY NEAR THE MERRIMACK
RIVER.

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DRAG