Marine Tropical Storm — Rhode Island Sound, Atlantic North

2017-09-21 · Rhode Island Sound, Atlantic North

Event narrative

At 140 PM EST, the coastal marine station at Buzzards Bay, 6 miles west-southwest of Cuttyhunk, measured a sustained wind of 43 mph. At 1059 PM EST, the same station measured a sustained wind of 53 mph and a gust to 59 mph.

Wider weather episode

Named storm Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic. As he moved north, Jose diminished to a Tropical Storm during Tuesday the 19th and then stalled about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket. The storm then slowly drifted south by Friday the 22nd and started to dissipate.

Jose brought strong wind gusts and heavy downpours, primarily to the islands and south coasts of Massachusetts. Rainfall reached about 6 inches on Nantucket, wind gusts reached 62 mph at Nantucket and Aquinnah, and storm surge brought minor coastal flooding to parts of Nantucket.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 721989. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.