000 FPUS71 KBOX 211555 NOWBOX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1200 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2003 MAZ005>007-013>021-RIZ001>007-211700- BRISTOL-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN KENT- EASTERN NORFOLK-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-NEWPORT-NORTHERN BRISTOL- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE- SOUTHERN BRISTOL-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-SUFFOLK-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ESSEX- WESTERN KENT-WESTERN NORFOLK-WESTERN PLYMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRINGTON...BOSTON...BROCKTON... FRANKLIN...GLOUCESTER...LAWRENCE...LOWELL...NEW BEDFORD...NEWPORT... PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...QUINCY...TAUNTON...WALTHAM...WAREHAM... WARWICK...WEST GREENWICH...WESTERLY...WOONSOCKET 1200 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2003 .NOW... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE...THEN INTO SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AT NOON. SOME OF THE SHOWERS CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THEY WILL BE OFF THE COAST TO OVER CAPE COD BY 1 PM. $$