High Wind — Coastal Washington, Maine

2024-01-13 · Coastal Washington, Maine

Event narrative

A wind gust of 64 mph was observed by a trained spotter.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure developed across southern New England and tracked northward across central Maine during the day on January 13th. Precipitation began as rain across Downeast and snow elsewhere, then gradually transitioned to rain across the state. Strong winds developed during the morning of January 13th, ending across Downeast by early afternoon. The highest wind speeds occurred in the Western Maine Mountains and around Penobscot Bay, where isolated power outages occurred. Along the Downeast coast, where moderate to major coastal flooding occurred due to the alignment of the highest astronomical high tides of the month, storm surge and large battering nearshore waves. Many structures damaged in the Jan 10th, 2024 storm were further impacted or completely destroyed. The Bar Harbor tide gauge recorded an all-time high water level, and the water level at Cutler Farris Wharf reached its second all-time high.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1160718. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.