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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
600 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

SKIES WERE GENERALLY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WITH PATCHY FOG...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.  TEMPERATURES AT 5 AM WERE
MAINLY IN THE 60S...EXCEPT AROUND 70 ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH OFF THE SOUTH COAST BY MID MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON.
WARM BUT DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SKIES
WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR BY LATE DAY.

HURRICANE ALEX WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT TO SEA SOUTH OF THE AREA
TODAY.  EFFECTS FROM THIS STORM WILL ONLY BE FELT ACROSS THE SOUTH
COASTAL BEACHES IN THE FORM OF BUILDING SWELLS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP
CURRENTS.

THE FAIR WEATHER WILL BE SHORT LIVED...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
WORK EAST TOWARD NEW ENGLAND FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE...AND SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT...SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE
REGION THURSDAY.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP DURING
THURSDAY.

PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

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EVT