High Wind in Newport, Rhode Island

High Wind April 13, 2020 · Newport, Rhode Island

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton a WeatherFlow station reported at wind gust of 58 mph at 358 PM EST (458 PM EDT).

The wider storm

A powerful low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes and brought strong

and damaging winds to Rhode Island Monday late morning through the evening. A very strong and highly anomalous low level jet brought southerly wind gusts of 60-70 mph ahead of a cold front that moved through Monday evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 877218. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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