Marine High Wind — Boston Harbor, Atlantic North

2020-04-13 · near Boston Light, Boston Harbor, Atlantic North

Event narrative

In Boston at Deer Island a WeatherFlow station reported a wind gust of 68 mph at 149 PM EST (249 PM EDT). In Pleasure Bay at 235 PM EST a WeatherFlow station reported a wind gust of 65 mph.

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 877223. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.