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Marine High Wind February 7, 2020 · Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

The Conimicut Light mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 65 mph at 242 PM EST and a mesonet site at Newport recorded a gust to 63 mph at 241 PM EST.

The wider storm

Powerful low pressure moved from eastern Pennsylvania across central Connecticut and central Massachusetts on February 7, 2020. A southerly jet of 85 to 95 mph was just above the surface at 925 mb. Damaging winds occurred across much of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with some damage reported farther to the west.

Began near Newport (41.5464, -71.3249).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 875188. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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