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FPUS71 KBOX 241626
NOWBOX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1226 PM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002

ANZ231>235-250-255-MAZ019-021>024-241730-
BARNSTABLE-BUZZARDS BAY-CAPE COD BAY-
CHATHAM MA TO WATCH HILL RI...OUT TO 25 NM-DUKES-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-
EXTREME SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-
MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO CHATHAM MA...OUT TO 25 NM-NANTUCKET-
NANTUCKET SOUND-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...
PLYMOUTH...WAREHAM
1226 PM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002

.NOW...
...A BIT MORE RAIN FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...
OCCASIONAL...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE CAPE
AND ISLANDS THROUGH ABOUT 130 PM AND...AND PROBABLY BE OCCURRING ON
NANTUCKET AND CHATHAM THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM.  A LOW OVERCAST AND
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS WILL STILL GIVE IT THE FEEL OF A
BIT OF NOREASTER. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S.
SINCE 5 AM...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND DENNIS HAD RECORDED OVER NINE
TENTHS OF AN INCH WITH 6 TO 7 TENTHS OF AN INCH AT HYANNIS AND
CHATHAM. THESE RAINS ARE VERY BENEFICIAL AND ARE IN ADDITION TO
YESTERDAYS WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS.

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DRAG