High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind November 16, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 205 AM, a mesonet site at Block Island Jetty recorded a wind gust to 59 mph. That same site recorded a sustained wind of 45 mph at 230 AM. The Block Island Airport AWOS site reported a gust to 49 mph at 126 AM.

The wider storm

An early-season nor'easter moved from the Mid-Atlantic coast to southeastern Massachusetts on the 15th and away from the region on the 16th. A quick thump of moderate to heavy snow occurred in Rhode Island on the front end of the storm, with most accumulations over with by midnight on the 16th. Snowfall amounts ranged from just a coasting along the immediate south coast to 9 inches in the higher hills in northwest Rhode Island. Strong east to northeast winds battered coastal areas ahead of the low pressure system.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 791040. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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