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Marine High Wind — Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North

2023-01-26 · near Warwick Light, Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North

53 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

At 112 AM EST, a Weatherflow station at Fogland Beach in Tiverton, RI recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. At 118 AM EST, a NOAA PORTS station located at Conimicut Light recorded a wind gust to 61 mph.

Wider weather episode

A southerly low-level jet ahead of an approaching cold front moved across southeastern New England shortly after midnight on January 26th. A low pressure system tracked northeast along the front from roughly Philadelphia to Boston during the overnight hours, producing some light snow inland but 1 to 2.5 inches of rain and strong/high wind in Rhode Island, southeast Massachusetts, and the adjacent coastal waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1070822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.