High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind November 3, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 149 PM EDT, a mesonet site at Block Island Jetty recorded a wind gust to 58 mph and at 209 PM EDT, the same site measured sustained winds of 47 mph.

The wider storm

Low pressure over New York City early in the morning on November 3rd rapidly intensified as it moved northeastward across New England. Heavy rain occurred in the early morning hours, with generally 1.50 to 2.50 inches in eastern sections of southern New England and up to 3.66 inches in the slopes of the Berkshires. A few severe thunderstorms moved from Rhode Island into eastern Massachusetts around daybreak. As the strong low passed to our north, strong to damaging westerly winds developed during the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 792328. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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