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Strong Wind in Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind September 30, 2020 · Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

49 mph

Estimated gust (43 kt)

$300

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds were generally gusting to between 45 and 50 mph. At 807 AM EDT the ASOS at the Hanscom Field Airport (KBED) reported a wind gust to 44 mph. Farther to the east at 747 AM EDT the ASOS at Logan International Airport (KBOS) in Boston recorded a gust to 56 mph. In Lexington, at 542 AM EDT a large tree limb was down on Waltham St.

The wider storm

A cold front produced a fine line of low-topped convection that moved across the region from west to east during the morning. A southerly low level jet of 80 knots at 850 mb, combined with fully leafed trees, helped cause damaging winds. In addition, heavy rain, totaling 2 to 2.75 inches fell in Franklin and Hampshire Counties in western Massachusetts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 917852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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