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Globe B15 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013 The Boston Today's outlook THURSDAY A.M. NOON 6 P.M. FRIDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. SATURDAY 6 A.M.

NOON 6 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: to BOSTON (267866) New England forecast TODAY: Another humid day is on tap with intervals of clouds and sunshine; spotty showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon hours. Boston's forecast TODAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. HIGH 77-82 LOW 62-67 partly sunny and humid HIGH 76-81 LOW 63-68 with a thunderstorm or shower around. Humidity will remain on the high side, while a disturbance swings by off the coast.

6 the place HIGH 81-86 LOW 65-70 Some sunshine with a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon. While there can be a thunder Humid with partial sunshine. High pressure may try to build back into the area, allow Times of clouds and sunshine with a shower or thunderstorm in spots. Cool air aloft will keep HIGH 78-83 LOW 66-71 PRESQUE ISLE 7958 TOMORROW: Remaining humid, especially in southern New England; times of clouds and sunshine with a shower or thunderstorm in parts of ing for a break in the unsettled weather across the area. unsettled weather pattern in once again.

storm, the best chance will be away from coastal locations. MILLINOCKET" 7961 BANGOR 7761 Rain Snow Temperatures AUGUSTA 7761 BAR HARBOR 7561 i PORTLAND 7760 the region. EXTENDED: Humidity remains in place while a cold front approaches from the northwest; spotty thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon. NEWPORT 8256 BURLINGTON 8460 MONTPELIER 8057 RUTLAND 8158 BERLIN. 8056 MT.

WASHINGTON 6050 LEBANON 8458 LACONIA 8061 MANCHESTER. BRATTLEBORO 8062 8158 NASHUA8061 BOSTON PITTSFIELD 8259 WORCESTER 8062 NEW PROVIDFNCF. BEDFORD SPRINGFIELD 8361 HARTFORD 8063 7960 Weather Cold 60s 70s 80s 90s 100 MILWAUKEE DETROIT BUFFALO CHICAGO CLEVELAND. JpH rn LHULLrn CITY PI 1 1 IbUKliH FARGO PORTSMOUTH 7661 ATLANTIC CITY 0 0 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s SIOUX FALLS Vw CHEYENNE DENVER IOWA KANSAS CITY OKLAHOMA CITY AUSTIN and conditions 84b4 NEWPORT BRIDGEPORT 7863 OAK BLUFF 8167 7661 New England marine forecast Wind Seas Temp Map key SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO i PHOENIX TUCSON Cities Forecast high and low temperatures Weather codes Travel delays possible Clouds Fog Haze I Ice Pc Partly Cloudy Rain Sh Showers Sun Sn Snow Fl Flurries Thunderstorms Windy SEATTLE HELENA PORTLAND CINCINNATI INDIANAPOLIS CHARLESTON ST. LOUIS LOUISVILLE CHARLOTTE MEMPHIS ATLANTA CHARLES JACKSON MONTGOMERY TALLAHASSEE MOBILE NEW ORLEANS TAMPA ORLANDO Shown are noon positions of weather systems and 7964 PROVINCETOWN 7661 HYANNIS 7662 NANTUCKET 7461 Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.

Small craft advisory Gale warning Wind Seas Temp Martha's Vineyard Nantucket Provincetown Penobscot Bay Georges Bank NE 7-14 kts. NE 7-14 kts. NE 7-14 kts. 4-8 kts. NW 12-25 kts.

1-2 ft. 1-2 ft. 1-2 ft. lft. 3-6 ft.

7760 7461 7661 7360 7163 100 miles south of Nantucket Shoals 1-16 kts. 3-5 ft. 7767 (781) 788-0007 or go to http:www.charlesriver.org. A.M. 5:22 5:23 5:33 5:20 5:30 P.M.

5:40 5:41 5:51 5:38 5:48 High tides Hyannis Port Chatham Wellfleet Provincetown Nantucket Harbor Oak Bluffs New Bedford Newport Rl 6:26 7:19 5:37 5:39 6:44 7:37 5:55 5:57 :40 6:53 :55 6:13 :55 2:24 :48 2:17 5:24 5:42 3:03 3:32 Marblehead Boston Harbor Scituate East Cape Cod Canal Buzzards Bay Newport, R.I. NE6-12 kts. NE6-12 kts. NE6-12 kts. 7-14 kts.

6-12 kts. 4-8 kts. 1-3 ft. 1-2 ft. lft.

1-2 ft. 1-2 ft. lft. 7662 7964 7662 7761 7762 7863 For current Charles River Basin water quality, call Tides A.M. P.M.

High tides Boston high 5:23 Height 8.8 Boston low 11:22 Height 1.4 High tides Old Orchard ME 5:19 Hampton Beach NH 5:33 Plum Island 5:31 Ipswich 5:22 5:41 9.5 Gloucester Marblehead Lynn Scituate Plymouth Cape Cod Canal East Cape Cod Canal West Falmouth 5:37 5:51 5:49 5:40 SUNDAY 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. HIGH 81-86 LOW 67-72 Partly sunny and humid with a thunderstorm or two around in the afternoon. Moisture will filter back into the area as the winds become southwesterly. Warm Stationary Occluded NEW YORK 0 AccuWeather.com precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for the day. Almanac Sunrise 6:05 a.m. Sunset 7:25 p.m. Day length 13:20 Moonrise 11:52 p.m. Moonset 2:02 p.m.

Day of year 240 Mount Washington (7 p.m. EDT yesterday) Weather Visibility Wind Highlow temperature Snow depth at 7 p.m. Moon phases Mostly cloudy 35 miles northwest at 7 m.p.h. 5950 0.0" LAST NEW FIRST FULL Aug. 28 Sep.

5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Overhead star A. MacRobert At 8:45 p.m., go out and look straight overhead. The bright star there is Vega.

It's hotter and larger than our sun but it's 160,000 times farther away! Allergies Trees Weeds Grass Mold Absent High Absent N.A. Yesterday's mold and spore rating. Source: NAB Eastern Massachusetts air quality 50 100 150 200 300 For more information on today's conditions, call the state hotline at (800) 882-1497 or Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection web site www.state.ma.usDEP Ultraviolet index Forecast for noon today Low Mod. high VHigh Extreme LH 1hour 45min. 30min.

1524min. 0 Maximum unprotected safe time in the sun for people with fair skin that sometimes tans but usually burns. P.M. BOStOn'S recent Climate (valid at 7 p.m. EDT yesterday) Yesterday Degree days Highlow 7668 Mean 72 Departure from normal 1 Departure for month -3 Departure for year 206 7 p.m.

rel. humidity 84 Actual Temperatures 120 Yesterday Monthly total Normal to date Season total Season normal Last year to date Normal Temperatures Paris 7653 7653 Rome 7961 Pc 8062 Stockholm 7353 6952 Tel Aviv 9075 9175 Vienna 6858 7256 Pc Warsaw 7051 7251 Pc Asia Australia Bangkok 9379 9279 Pc Beijing 8468 8561 Hong Kong 9183 Pc 9283 Jakarta 9276 Pc 9277 Pc Kabul 9562 Pc 9261 Melbourne 7053 Pc 7054 Sh New Delhi 9378 Pc 8979 Seoul 8673 8173 Singapore 8679 8779 Sydney 7552 7757 Pc Taipei 9181 Sh 9283 Tokyo 8875 Pc 8877 Pc Africa Cairo 9774 9875 Johannesburg 7749 7350 Lagos 8474 Sh 8173 Sh Nairobi 7455 7653 South America Asuncion 6845 7759 Pc Bogota 6446 6345 Buenos Aires 7054 7354 Caracas 9177 9276 Pc Lima 6659 6657 Pc Quito 6948 Sh 7047 Rio de Janeiro 7063 7365 Pc Sao Paulo 5851 6554 Central America Caribbean Bermuda 8476 8176 Havana 9170 Pc 9071 Kingston 8880 8879 Panama City 8875 8875 Saint John 8878 Pc 8778 Pc San Jose 8166 7664 New Orleans 9272 Pc 9174 Pc New York City 8471 8470 Pc Oklahoma City 9374 Pc 9874 Orlando 9273 9274 Philadelphia 8870 8670 Pc Phoenix 10587 10183 Pittsburgh 8367 8664 Portland OR 8265 Pc 8062 Sh Raleigh 8872 Pc 9070 Sacramento 8958 8959 Salt Lake City 9069 9472 Pc San Diego 7970 Pc 8069 Pc San Francisco 7259 Pc 7360 Pc Santa Fe 8557 8658 Pc Seattle 7861 7359 Sh Spokane 8760 8860 Pc St. Louis 9878 9875 Tampa 9275 9276 Pc Washington 8872 8870 Pc Canada Mexico Cancun 9077 Pc 9076 Edmonton 7347 Pc 7450 Pc Halifax 6859 7056 Sh Mexico City 7656 Pc 7353 Pc Montreal 8264 7961 Pc Quebec 7759 7054 Toronto 8364 Pc 8363 Vancouver 7261 Sh 6958 Europe the Middle East Amsterdam 7354 Pc 7254 Athens 9779 9777 Baghdad 10982 11283 Barcelona 7766 Sh 7970 Berlin 7457 7554 Pc Dublin 6652 6555 Frankfurt 7451 Pc 7651 Pc Helsinki 7052 Pc 6749 Sh Istanbul 8974 8872 Jerusalem 8868 8968 London 7457 7456 Pc Lisbon 8766 8870 Madrid 8359 8460 Moscow 6651 6749 Oslo 7449 6851 Today Tomorrow Albany 8462 8462 Pc Albuquerque 8864 8765 Pc Anchorage 5953 6151 Atlanta 9073 Pc 9373 Pc Atlantic City 8567 8364 Pc Austin 9872 Pc 10071 Baltimore 8668 8866 Pc Boise 9267 9563 Buffalo 8464 Pc 8363 Burlington VT 8460 8261 Pc Butte 8348 8647 Charleston SC 9173 Pc 9375 Pc Charleston WV 8571 8868 Pc Charlotte 8869 Pc 9270 Chicago 8869 Pc 8868 Cincinnati 9272 8868 Pc Cleveland 8467 8464 Dallas 10079 Pc 10377 Death Valley 11085 Pc 11386 Pc Denver 9363 9664 Des Moines 9677 9775 Detroit 8667 8665 Fairbanks 6048 6042 Pc Fargo 9471 Pc 8967 Fort Myers 9073 9174 Pc Honolulu 8873 Pc 8973 Pc Houston 9575 Pc 9674 Pc Indianapolis 9272 8969 Internat. Falls 8861 Pc 8159 Kansas City 9475 9774 Las Vegas 9681 10084 Los Angeles 8768 Pc 8768 Pc Louisville 9474 Pc 9272 Pc Memphis 9577 9676 Miami 8976 9077 Milwaukee 8266 8367 Minneapolis 9474 9173 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 1617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1880 July August I 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 1617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 July August 24 Hr. Precipitation (valid at 7 p.m.

EDT yesterday) Yesterday 0.01" Month to date 1.84" Year to date 30.20" Precip days in August 8 Norm, month to date 2.97" Norm, year to date 28.24" Climate data are compiled from National Weather Service records and are subject to change or correction. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. 2013 5:07 5:25 Heat Cool Aug. readings Actual Norm. 7 208 205 Avg.

daily high 80.3 79.9 Avg. daily low 64.7 64.9 YTD avg. temp. 53.3 52.2 800 632 790 Record Temperatures Yesterday's high 76 1948 Record high 100 Normal high Normal low 63 Record low 47 Yesterday's low 68 BOSTON GLOBEFILE Meeting House to undergo an $800,000 restoration San Juan 9077 9077 Pc Yesterday's temperature extremes High: 113 at Basrah, Iraq Low: -12 at Summit Station, Greenland There was no bell in the steeple tower for almost 150 years. But in October 2011, a bell that was made in Paul Revere's foundry before he died was lifted into the clock tower and connected to the original 1766 clock there.

While this latest renovation has been in the works for five years, it was during the bell placement that the meetinghouse staff realized the urgency to fix things. "We saw that need when installing the bell," DeBlosi said. "The features of the steeple, the louvers where you can hear the bell ring out, and the features of the steeple up on the top level of the spire there are wood elements there that are in a terrible state of disarray." In addition, the windows will be sealed to prevent extensive water damage. While the scaffolding and mesh cover may be unsightly, DeBlosi said it is in keeping with the building's history. "What visitors will see is a place that is still committed to that, preservation, so that 100 years from now visitors to Boston will be able to see the same sight that is here today," DeBlosi said.

Brian Ballou can be reached at brian.ballouglobe.com. Park, a collection of sites that includes the Bunker Hill Monu-ment and the Paul Revere House. There have been threats to the Old South Meeting House in the past. The first came from the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Almost all downtown Boston was destroyed in the three-day blaze, but firefighters saved the meetinghouse.

In the 1870s, the congregation that owned the building moved to Copley Square, and the meetinghouse was auctioned for $1,350, basically the value of the materials that were slated to be salvaged after a planned demolition. The land alone was valued at about $400,000. That threat "galvanized a determined group," according to the meetinghouse's website. "They enlisted the help of famous Bostonians, including Ralph Emerson, Henry Wads-worth Longfellow, and Louisa May Alcott, to rally people to help." Enough money was raised from donations that the meetinghouse was spared from the wrecking ball, marking the first time in the United States that a building was saved because of its historic significance, DeBlosi said. The meetinghouse became a museum in 1877.

MEETINGHOUSE Continued from Page Bl money, will last about three months and focus on exterior woodwork, windows, doors, and steeple. A fresh coat of paint will be applied to some areas. While the project is underway, the museum will remain open, and visitors will still have the opportunity to get up close and touch the exterior, which is about 90 percent original, said spokeswoman Robin DeBlosi. More than 75,000 people visit annually. George's daughter, Tiffany, said she remembers history les-sons from school on the Tea Party.

Like her father, she was in awe, standing in the building that rises on Washington Street, in Downtown Crossing. "I can imagine people more than 200 years ago, sitting here and making decisions that affect our country today," she said. Built as a Puritan meetinghouse, the Old South Meeting House was where colonists gathered to challenge British rule before the American Revolution. It is now an independently owned and operated nonprofit museum and National Historic Landmark and is part of the Boston National Historical The Old South Meeting House (shown circa 1901) survived being gutted by British troops in 1775, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 and demolition plans in the 1870s. Now a nonprofit museum, it is listed as a National Historic Landmark..