UPDATE!
MONDAY-PATRIOTS DAY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND HOME TO THE 108TH RUNNING
OF THE BOSTON MARATHON WHERE 20000 ENTRANTS AND OVER HALF A MILLION
SPECTATORS LINE THE 26 MI ROUTE IN A MIDDAY START THAT WILL BE ONE OF
THE WARMEST EVER BOSTON MARATHONS ON RECORD. A PUBLIC SPS IS POSTED.
HWO PROVIDES MORE SAFELY RELATED CONSIDERATIONS AND COMPARISON INFO
WITH TWO RACES LAST YEAR AND 1976.
ETA CONTS TO SIGNAL BRILLIANT SUNSHINE AFTER ANY EARLY MORNING ST/FOG
EVAPS WHICH ESSENTIALLY BE 12Z-18Z. TEMPS WILL SOAR ALMOST 40F IN 7-
8 HRS (WE HAD NUMEROUS 40-45F DIURNALS YESTERDAY) AND AS YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED YDY…DESPITE ALL THE RAIN OF APRIL IN SNE…EVAPORATION DID
NOT SEEM TO HOLD BACK THE MERCURY FROM RISING ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE
WHICH IS ALREADY TEMPERED BY CLIMATOLOGY. SO AGAIN WE ARE RAISING MOS
TEMPS…THO THE ETA MOS IS RUNNING 1-2F WARMER THAN OUR FCST!
HIGH TEMPS MONDAY AFTN WILL OCCUR AROUND 20Z-4PM WITH NUMBERS AT 21Z
(5PM) STILL IN THE LOWER 80S AT BDL/BOS. THE FCST WILL RAISE THE 18Z
MESOETA SFC TEMP FCST BY 3-4F ON NEARLY IDEAL BL WLY FLOW IDEAL IS
WNW BUT MIXING MAY FIND TAIL WINDS TRENDING FROM SW IN THE 12Z-16Z
TEIM FRAME TO MORE DIRECT WLY AT 20Z DURING MAX HEATING WHEN MIDDAY
GUSTS TO 25 KTS RISE TO BTWN 30-35KTS ARD 20Z (BUFKIT). DESPITE THE
APRIL RAIN FWX AND WIND ADVY MAY BECOME ISSUES MONDAY AFTERNOON.
CI WILL THICKEN AFTER 18Z LIMITING THE POTENTIAL OF THE +16C 850
TEMP BUT STILL SEE MAX TEMPS OF 83-88F WITH BOS/BDL COMING IN AT 85-
86. FOR BOS THIS WILL BE WITHIN 2F OF THE RECORD OF 87 SET IN 1914.
[Please press “read more” button –>].STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OF MAINE MONDAY COMBINED WITH HIGH
PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST…IS LIKELY TO BRING NEAR
RECORD WARMTH AND GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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615 AM EDT SUN APR 18 2004
THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE EARLY SPRING WILL ARRIVE MONDAY AFTERNOON
ON GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR TO
BETWEEN 83 AND 88 DEGREES. THE STRONG WIND…NEAR RECORD WARM
TEMPERATURES IN PARTS OF THE AREA…AND RELATIVELY LOW HUMIDITY MAY
CAUSE DEHYDRATION AND HEAT RELATED DISORDERS FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING
IN LONG DURATION STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. HYDRATE APPROPRIATELY INCLUDING
SODIUM SUPPLEMENTED DRINKS. USING A SUNSCREEN WILL BE HELPFUL.
BE ALERT FOR NAUSEA…A SIGN OF HEAT EXHAUSTION WHICH WILL REQUIRE
MEDICAL ATTENTION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.