000 AWUS81 KBOX 211938 RWSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-220700- REGIONAL WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 335 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST BROUGHT BRIGHT SUNSHINE TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR THIS THURSDAY. WITH THE SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 70S ACROSS THE REGION. GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES WILL BE THE RULE FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFF SHORE BY EARLY FRIDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR WARMING TEMPERATURES. UNDER SUNNY SKIES FRIDAY HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S ACROSS THE REGION...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WHERE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 70S. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. THE FAIR AND DRY WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH THE UP COMING WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DURING THE DAY AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT NIGHT. HIGHS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S OVER MOST OF THE REGION BUT A BIT COOLER ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. OVERNIGHT LOWS THIS WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. $$ AED