High Wind in Nantucket, Massachusetts

High Wind October 10, 2019 · Nantucket, Massachusetts

40 mph

Measured sustained (35 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

An ASOS site at Nantucket Airport measured a sustained wind of 40 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 855298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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