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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 The Boston Globe Metro B13 Today's outlook Boston's forecast TODAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. For updated New England, national and international forecasts, visit boston.comweather For the latest weather forecast for your area, text plus your city or town name (ex: hull" to BOSTON (267866) New England forecast SATURDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. HIGH Some sunshine giving "-41 Way to increasing clouds LOW during the day.

Cloudy 26-31 in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy later at night. SUNDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. HIGH Periods of clouds and 32-37 sunshine and chilly dur-LOW ing the day as a small 28-33 area of high pressure builds into New England. Partly cloudy at night.

MONDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P. Z3 TUESDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P. zr3 TODAY: Partly sunny and windy in central and southern areas.

Windy and turning colder in the north with a couple of flurries. TOMORROW: Brisk with sunshine giving way to HIGH In the wake of cold front, 49-54 partly sunny during the LOW day with winds gusting 27-32 to 40 mph at times. Clear to partly cloudy and colder at night. HIGH Breezy with a mix 43-48 of clouds and sun. LOW Southwest breezes will 29-34 make for a milder after noon.

Partly to mostly cloudy and seasonably chilly at night. Breezy with times of clouds and sunshine during the day. Northwest winds will increasing and thickening clouds. It will be colder bring in some chillier air again Partly cloudy at night. PRESQUE ISLE across central and southern areas.

JU5 EXTENDED: Brisk and chilly Sunday with millinocket I a mixture of clouds and sunshine. Times of clouds and sunshine Monday; not as cold jet Weather in the afternoon. Map Snw stream Cold Warm Stationary Occluded k- N3E8PRT tkfil 10S iTl MONTPELIER MT. WASHINGTON Jk PORTLAND HEiENA 30S RU3T822D. LAND 4723 BOISE MINNEAPOLIS BRATTLEBORO "IVU' PORTSMOUTH 4727 CHq JACKSON j) ALBANY U3Z231 mj DUb SIOUX.

MILWAUKEE BUFFALO NASHUA 4923 finc 30S 40S NEW YORK BOSTON 5129 SACRAMENTO 30S cLEVEUnH WORCESTER NEW 50S PROVINCETOWN SALT LAKE CITY -JOteS OMAHA 4 1 ATLANTIC CITY A AS22 pRovC BEDFORD 5032 40S CINCINNATI 'WASHINGTON AA HARTFORD 5030 5227 HYANNIS 5328 SAN FRANCISCO DENVER INDIANAPOLIS 'U 4628 NEWPORT CITY CHARLESTON 50S BRIDGEPORT 5132 OAK BLUFF NANTUCKET 5232 60S LASVEGAS ST. LOUIS OUISVILLE Temperatures are today's and tonight's lows. 30S nashville New England marine forecast gIwIo150 L0SH 30S SANTA FE MEMPHIS Wind Wind Temp OKLAHOMACITY 7 OUS Marblehead 15-25 kts. 3-5 ft. 5026 Martha's SANDIEGoYL PHOENIX LITTLE ROCK ATLANTA Boston Harbor 20-30 kts.

1-3 ft. 5129 Vineyard NW 12-25 kts. 4-7 ft. 5327 Tprt6v Scituate 15-25 kts. 3-5 ft.

5129 Nantucket NW 15-25 kts. 3-6 ft. 5232 60S 'TUCSON EL paso DALLAS 4 JACKSON MONTGOMERY East Cape Provincetown NW 20-30 kts. 3-6 ft. 5032 50S Aftc 70S Cod Canal NW 15-25 kts.

3-5 ft. 5126 Penobscot Bay 12-25 kts. 3-5 ft. 4621 t. 50S a BATON ROUGE MOBILE TALLAHASSEE Buzzards Bay 12-25 kts.

3-6 ft. 5126 Georges Bank 20-30 kts. 10-14 ft. 5130 jf AUSTIN, Newport, R.I. NW 12-25 kts.

1-3 ft. 5132 100 miles south of A NEWORLEANS Nantucket Shoals NW 30-40 kts. 10-14 ft. 5034 A HOUSTON TAMPA 4 is For current Charles River Basin water quality, call (781) 788-0007 or go to http:www.charlesriver.org. fX Tides A.M.

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'0SV. 60S 80S AccuWeathercom Boston high 2:513:04 Gloucester 2:50 3:03 Hyannis Port 3:54 4:07 ACCUWeather.com Marblehead 2:51 3:04 Chatham 4:47 5:00 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Tempera! A1 iMim 77 1Q Boston low 8:57 9:25 3:01 3:14 Wellfleet 3:05 3:18 AllTianaC Height 0.7 Scitjate 2:48 3:01 Provincetown 3:07 3:20 "TTTT; Plymouth 2:58 3:11 Nantucket 3820 2413 Pc Sunnse 7:07 a.m. Cape Cod Harbor 4:03 4:11 Paris 4735 4135 Sh Sunset 4:12 p.m. Old Orchard ME 2:33 2:45 Rome 5451 Sh 5234 Sh Day ength 9:06 cape Cod New Bedford 11:42 Stockholm 3932 3730 Sn Moonrise 10:48 p.m.

Canal West 12:35 12:50 Newport Rl 11:35 Aviv 6554 6653 Pc Moonset Plum Island 2:45 2:57 Vienna 4539 4030 Dayofyear 350 BOStOn'S recent Climate (valid at 7 p.m. EST yesterday) Yesterday Degree days Heat Cool Dec, readings Actual Norm. Highlow 5438 Yesterday 19 0 Avg. daily high 50.4 43.7 Mean 46 Monthly total 321 0 Avg. daily low 36.4 30.8 Departure from normal11 Normal to date 415 0 YTD avg.

temp. 54.2 52.4 Departure for month 83 Season total 1046 1007 Departure for year 540 Season normal 1462 741 Mount Washington (7 p.m. EST yesterday) Weather Rain Visibility 0 miles Wind west-southwest at 71 m.p.h. Highlow temperature 3218 Snow depth at 7 p.m. 9 Moon phases 1385 1082 CitiGS Forecast high and low temperatures and conditions Weather codes Minneapolis 2818 3220 Pc Travel delays Rain New Orleans 7654 6345 Pc possible Sh Showers New York City 5135 Pc 4230 Pc Clouds Sun Oklahoma City 5027 Pc 5533 Haze Fl" Flurries Pc Pc I Ice Thunderstorms Philadelphia 5236 Pc 4430 Pc Pc Partly Cloudy Windy Phoenix 6444 Pc 6442 Today Tomorrow Pittsburgh 3927 Pc 3627 Fl Albany 4226 Pc 3623 Portland OR 4429 Pc 4634 Pc Albuquerque 4026 Pc 4731 Pc Raleigh 6543 5431 Pc Anchorage 3023 Fl 3025 Sn Sacramento 5732 5829 Atlanta 6847 5838 Pc Salt Lake City 3617 3920 Atlantic City 5132 Pc 4629 Pc San Diego 6448 Pc 6648 Pc Austin 5444 5341 San Francisco 5742 5941 Baltimore 5032 4426 Pc Santa Fe 4019 Pc 4526 Pc Boise 3624 Pc 3825 Seattle 4735 Pc 4638 Pc Buffalo 3827 Pc 3327 Fl Spokane 3424 Pc 3325 Pc Burlington VT 3819 Fl 2918 St.

Louis 3829 Pc 4832 Butte 3113 Pc 4015 Tampa 7961 Pc 7960 Pc Charleston SC 7456 Pc 7043 Washington 5037 4633 Pc Charleston wv 4431 4527 Canada Mexico Charlotte 6446 5634 Pc Cancun 8166 Pc 82766 Pc" Chicago 3524 Pc 3726 Pc Edmonton 3124 3419 Pc Cincinnati 4226 4129 Pc Halifax 4721 Sn 2712 Pc Cleveland 3828 Pc 3528 Mexico City 7545 7045 Pc Dallas 5237 5638 Pc Montreal 3716 Fl 2314 Pc Death Valley 6742 6838 Quebec 387 Fl 173 Pc Denver 4019 5127 Toronto 3821 Pc 3428 Fl Pes Moines 3723 Pc 4026 Vancouver 4337 Pc 4237 Detroit 3826 Pc 3828 Europe the Middle East Fairbanks 3-12 4-10 Pc 4336 4636 Sh 32 2412 Fl 3120 Pc Athens 6651 6957 Pc FortMVers 8061 Pc 8261 Pc Baghdad 6342 6242 Honolulu 8169 8070 Pc 5743 Pc 5841 Houston 5946 5648 Berlin 4131 3427 Sn lndianaPlis 3827 Pc 4029 Pc Dublin 4134 Sh 3932 Pc" Internat. Falls 183 248 Pc Frankfurt 4632 3627 Pc KansasCitV 4226 Pc 4829 Helsinki 3734 3934 Sn LasVe9as 5640 Pc 5839 Pc Istanbul 5545 6149 Pc Los Angeles 6948 7149 Pc Jerusalem 5846 5945 Louisville 4429 4533 4336 Sh 4132 Pc MemPhis 4832 5334 6350 Sh 5950 Pc JHl! 8071 Pc 8168 Pc 5336 Sh 4834 Pc Milwaukee 3224 PC 3528 Pc i Moscow 3632 3319 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. 2011 Asia Australia 8770 Pc 3721 6154 8779 5626 Pc 8159 Pc 7943 2714 8477 7356 6053 4835 Sh 8770 4224 6155 PC 8678 Sh 5523 7943 3223 8477 7355 6559 4639 Hong Kong Jakarta Kabul Melbourne New Delhi Seoul Singapore Sydney Taipei Tokyo Africa 6653 Pc 8353 8973 8360 Johannesburg Lagos Nairobi South America Asuncion 9163 9164 Bogota 6544 6644 Sh Buenos Aires 7759 Sh 7757 Sh Caracas 9271 9171 Lima 7660 Pc 7662 Pc Quito 6448 6448 Rio de Janeiro 8575 8674 Sao Paulo 8567 Pc 8065 Central America Caribbean Bermuda Kingston 6966 7264 Pc 8576 Pc 8476 Sh Panama City 8473 Saint John's 8469 San Jose 7366 8473 Sh 8469 8369 Pc 7366 7566 8070 Pc 8070 Pc San Juan Yesterday's temperature extremes High: 106 at Telfer, Australia Low: -55 at Oymyakon, Russia 7 p.m. rel. humidity 69 Last year idate Actual Temperatu Nor Temperatu 1,1 1'l 0il3 I 24 Hr.

Precipitation (valid at 7 p.m. Yesterday 0.01" Month to date Precip days in December 6 Norm, month to EST date LAST NEW FIRST FULL Dec. 17 Dec. 24 Jan. 1 Jan.

9 Late night sky sights By midnight, the waning moon is up in the east. Left of it glows fiery yellow Mars. Twice as high above the moon is Regulus, sparkling pale blue-white. Alan M. MacRobert Boston Snowfall (7 p.m.

EST yesterday) Yesterday 0.0" Total for December 0.0" Normal for December 6.6" Season total 1.0" Season normal 41.8" Windchill effect Temperature 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 m.p.h. Apparent temperature i 21 15 9 3 -4 25 19 13 24 17 11 23 16 9 22 15 8 Slain Andover couple recalled as caring Record Temperatu Yesterday's high 54 Yesterday's low 38 0erd 12 13 14 15 1874 ,11 yesterday) 2.59" Year to date 51.02" 1.93" Norm, year to date 41.92" said, and had recently returned from a cruise that took them from Turkey to the Greek isles. The family traveled together regularly and often visited a family home in Jupiter, Fla. "They do everything together," Mercandetti said, saying the children are in shock over the slayings. "They're in tough shape." Police said there were no obvious signs of forced entry at the home, but would not say whether there was evidence of a struggle or robbery.

Yet shortly after being called to the scene, police said the crime was "an isolated act" and said residents did not need to worry. "The circumstances lead us to believe that there is no further threat to the Andover community," said Brian Pattullo, the town's police chief. He did not disclose what led police to that conclusion. Mercandetti and his wife had dinner with the couple last Saturday, and he said the evening was no different than other nights out. They were a lovely couple, he said, deeply devoted to each other and their children.

"Everyone who knew them had nothing but nice things to say about them," he said. John Guilfoil of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Peter Schworm can be reached at schwormglobe.com. PHOTOS BY PAT GREENHOUSEGLOBE STAFF CHARLES KRUPAASSOCIATED PRESS Authorities have remained silent about the slayings, which occurred in a million-dollar mansion in Andover. ANDOVER Continued from Page Bl they had not identified any suspects or established a motive, but reassured residents that the killings were isolated.

The silence from authorities deepened the mystery around the slayings, the first in Andover in a nearly a decade, and heightened unease in the quiet neighborhood. The couple's black Lexus sport utility vehicle was taken from their home, part of an upscale subdivision that John Magee had built. The SUV was found burned in Boston's North End Tuesday night. Authorities are searching the car for evidence. Those who knew the couple said they could not imagine anyone who would wish them harm.

"They are the nicest people you are ever going to see," said Paul Mercandetti, a longtime friend of the couple. "It doesn't make any sense to me. It's just insane." Mercandetti, who grew up with John Magee in Arlington and was the best man at his wedding, recalled the Magees as an "ideal family" that he likened to television's Ozzie and Harriet. "I have searched my soul, but I can't think of a single person who could have held a grudge against them," he said. Mercandetti met John Magee every Sunday for breakfast, and HURRAHS Above, Robert Travaglini was feted at the North End Christmas Fund Luncheon yesterday.

The former city councilor and state Senate president's "years of service and contributions to neighborhood" were recognized. Mayor Menino was on hand as the Ferdinand Carangelo Humanitarian Award went to Donato Frattaroli, owner and chef at Lucia Ristorante. he said there was no hint of trouble in his life. "If there was anything going on, he would have told me," he said. "We were very close." Magee, 69, built high-end houses and oversaw construction of many large residential developments.

But Mercandetti said Magee was known as a fair businessman and said he could not believe the slayings were financially motivated. In 2003, Magee was involved in a land dispute over plans for a large shopping center in Tewks-bury that gained public attention, but Mercandetti and others said it was equitably resolved. "There were no hard i he said. "Everything was on the up and up." Barry Finegold, a state legislator from Andover, said Magee was well known in town and had a sterling reputation in real estate circles. Like many in Andover, Finegold was baffled by the killings.

"To me it just doesn't make sense," he said. "This doesn't happen in Andover." Magee was working with his son, who lives in Somerville, as the younger Magee prepared to take charge of the company. "They worked really well together," Mercandetti said. "It was a very strong relationship." The couple loved to travel, he.