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June 19, 2006

Weather update: Getting wet / Photo

Journal photo / Bill Murphy
Melissa Hudson, 11, of Central Falls, does a hand stand as she tries to beat the heat at Lincoln Woods State Park, in Lincoln, this afternoon. Melissa was spending the day at the beach with her brothers and sister as temperatures around the state climbed into the 80s.

Only one public beach in Rhode Island is now closed to swimming, according to the state Department of Health. That's the freshwater Gorton Pond Beach in Warwick, which is still dealing with a high bacteria count.

While radar shows a line of thunderstorms heading into Massachusetss and New Hampshire from the west, it appears Providence and other southern coastal areas will escape the storms.

Showers, however, are likely, with lows in the upper 60s and south winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. The chance of rain is now 60 percent.

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 4:40 PM | Permalink

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