Expires:200805021000;Remove:200805021000;264174 FPUS71 KBOX 020844 NOWBOX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 443 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ANZ231>237-254-255-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>024-RIZ001>008-021000- BARNSTABLE-BLOCK ISLAND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-BRISTOL-BUZZARDS BAY- CAPE COD BAY-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY- COASTAL WATERS FROM NANTUCKET MA TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MONTAUK NY SOUTHEAST TO 20NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM-DUKES-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE- EASTERN KENT-EASTERN NORFOLK-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-HARTFORD-NANTUCKET- NANTUCKET SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-NEWPORT-NORTHERN BRISTOL- NORTHERN WORCESTER-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE-RHODE ISLAND SOUND- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE-SOUTHERN BRISTOL- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-SUFFOLK-TOLLAND-VINEYARD SOUND- WASHINGTON-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN HAMPDEN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE- WESTERN KENT-WESTERN NORFOLK-WESTERN PLYMOUTH-WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...BLOCK ISLAND...BOSTON... BROCKTON...CHESTERFIELD...FITCHBURG...FRANKLIN...GREENFIELD... HARTFORD...HYANNIS...LOWELL...NANTUCKET...NEW BEDFORD...NEWPORT... NORTHAMPTON...PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...QUINCY...SHELBURNE... SPRINGFIELD...STAFFORD...TAUNTON...VINEYARD HAVEN...WALTHAM... WAREHAM...WARWICK...WEST GREENWICH...WESTERLY...WILLIMANTIC... WOONSOCKET...WORCESTER 443 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 .NOW... AT DAWN...A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS...WITH SOME OF THE RAIN BRIEFLY MODERATE...EXTENDED FROM EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THE ALBANY AREA INTO MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE NORTHEAST EDGE BETWEEN DRY AND WET IS EXPECTED TO LIE SOMEWHERE FROM NEAR JAFFREY NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BEDFORD BOSTON AND WELLFLEET. IT COULD REMAIN DRY MOST OF THE MORNING IN LAWRENCE AND NEWBURYPORT MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE WHILE IT RAINS MUCH OF THE MORNING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WORCESTER BROCKTON PROVIDENCE MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. $$ DRAG