High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind October 10, 2019 · Block Island, Rhode Island

43 mph

Measured sustained (37 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet site at the Block Island Jetty recorded sustained winds of 43 mph.

The wider storm

A strong ocean storm well to the south and southeast of Nantucket combined with strong high pressure over the Canadian maritime provinces to create a prolonged period of strong to damaging winds across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The ocean storm was briefly named Subtropical Storm Melissa.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 855260. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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