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REGIONAL WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
350 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009

THANKSGIVING DAY WAS MAINLY CLOUDY AND DRY.  HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS 
AFTERNOON AVERAGED IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY 
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 

FOR TONIGHT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL 
HEAD NORTHEAST. AHEAD OF THIS COASTAL LOW...RAIN AND THICKENING 
CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT FROM SOUTH TO 
NORTH. LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND RANGE IN THE 40S.

ON FRIDAY...RAIN AND WIND WILL BE THE WEATHER HEADLINE. THE COASTAL 
LOW WILL PASS JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY MORNING...THEN 
INTENSIFY INTO A GALE AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE GULF OF MAINE. WINDS 
WILL START OUT NORTHERLY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT QUICKLY TURN A WINDY 
NORTHWESTERLY BY NOON...THEN WESTERLY BY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES 
WILL RISE ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MORNING LOWS...AND TOP OUT IN THE 
MID 40S TO LOW 50S.

LOOKING TO THE WEEKEND...CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE DRY AND SEASONABLE 
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 40S TO LOW 50S...AND LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN 
THE MID 20S TO MID 30S.

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KAB