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High Wind in Nantucket, Massachusetts

High Wind December 2, 2019 · Nantucket, Massachusetts

63 mph
Measured gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 3 AM EST, a mesonet site at Siasconset recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. It then hit 61 mph at 415 AM EST and gusted again to 60 mph at 516 AM EST. In the town of Nantucket, an amateur radio observer measured a wind gust to 63 mph at 316 AM EST.

The wider storm

A storm system slowly moved across southeast Massachusetts and into the Gulf of Maine during this period. One to two feet of snow fell in much of western and northern Massachusetts by the morning of December 3. Rain changed to snow on December 2 in eastern Massachusetts. An initial thump of snow, accompanied by some thunder, moved across central portions on the evening of December 1. Many areas had a lull on Dec. 2, except in northwest Massachusetts, where snow continued. Another heavy snow band formed overnight on December 2-3 in Hampden County, MA and Hartford County, CT. Snow lingered well into the afternoon of December 3 in eastern MA before the whole system exited.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 866625. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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