Marine High Wind — Buzzards Bay, Atlantic North

2020-04-13 · near Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay, Atlantic North

Event narrative

At Woods Hole Passage Light at 306 PM EST (406 PM EDT) a WeatherFlow station reported a wind gust of 61 mph. On West Island a CWOP station reported a wind gust of 60 mph at 426 PM EST.

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 877224. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.