000 AWUS81 KBOX 031939 RWSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-040616- REGIONAL WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 315 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008 HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING HIGH. CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. INTERIOR SECTIONS MAY HAVE WET SNOW AT THE START OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE VERY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES OUR SOUTH COAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY CHANGING ANY SNOW TO RAIN AFTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HILLY TERRAIN. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS MEANS AN UNSETTLED SATURDAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN LINGERING INTO EARLY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS IN SATURDAY NIGHT... BRINGING IMPROVING WEATHER FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. $$