Marine High Wind — Block Island Sound, Atlantic North
2020-04-13 · near Block Island Airport, Block Island Sound, Atlantic North
50 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
At the Block Island Jetty at 456 PM EST (556 PM EDT) there was a wind gust of 58 mph reported by a WeatherFlow station.
Wider weather episode
A powerful low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes and brought strong
winds to the waters of Southern New England 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.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 877220. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.