Issued April 3 2020 – 1:30 pm
Rain and wind dominate today’s forecast as the ocean storm we’ve been tracking for the last couple of days rages on out over the ocean. The storm is making its closest pass to New England as of this writing so we are experiencing the maximum impacts from this system.
The heaviest of the rain from this system came through last night but the wind is still very much a factor along the coast. Reported wind gusts from this storm:
LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS
GUST OF
MPH MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...Windham County...
Willimantic AP 31 1213 PM 4/03 ASOS
MASSACHUSETTS
...Barnstable County...
Chapin 56 1137 AM 4/03 Mesonet
Wellfleet 56 1131 AM 4/03 Mesonet
East Falmouth 55 1206 PM 4/03 NONE
Provincetown AP 51 1145 AM 4/03 AWOS
Hyannis AP 49 1236 PM 4/03 ASOS
Chatham AP 48 1243 PM 4/03 ASOS
Yarmouth 45 1124 AM 4/03 CWOP
Otis AFB 44 1245 PM 4/03 AWOS
Orleans 44 900 AM 4/03 CWOP
West Chatham 42 125 PM 4/03 CWOP
East Harwich 40 103 PM 4/03 CWOP
Yarmouth Port 40 111 PM 4/03 CWOP
Bourne 39 1000 AM 4/03 CWOP
West Harwich 37 132 PM 4/03 CWOP
Hyannis 32 1240 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Bristol County...
New Bedford AP 44 1228 PM 4/03 ASOS
West Island 40 1031 AM 4/03 CWOP
Norton 37 1210 PM 4/03 CWOP
Taunton 36 136 PM 4/03 CWOP
Dartmouth 36 1221 PM 4/03 CWOP
Fairhaven 35 1207 PM 4/03 CWOP
Taunton AP 35 1135 AM 4/03 ASOS
Somerset 32 1130 AM 4/03 CWOP
Fall River 31 1235 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Dukes County...
Aquinnah 51 809 AM 4/03 Ham Radio
Edgartown 49 1009 AM 4/03 Ham Radio
Marthas Vineyard AP 46 1217 PM 4/03 ASOS
...Essex County...
Beverly AP 45 1124 AM 4/03 ASOS
Lawrence AP 43 111 PM 4/03 ASOS
Gloucester 41 120 PM 4/03 CWOP
Newburyport 39 1215 PM 4/03 CWOP
Rockport 38 1000 AM 4/03 CWOP
Lynn 37 1025 AM 4/03 CWOP
Lawrence 35 136 PM 4/03 CWOP
Bradford 34 1225 PM 4/03 CWOP
Beverly 31 1245 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Middlesex County...
Medford 48 1218 PM 4/03 CWOP
Bedford AP 41 1233 PM 4/03 ASOS
Weston 35 1143 AM 4/03 CWOP
Watertown 34 117 PM 4/03 CWOP
Cambridge 33 1155 AM 4/03 CWOP
Woburn 32 1146 AM 4/03 CWOP
Waltham 32 1233 PM 4/03 CWOP
Melrose 31 1250 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Nantucket County...
Siasconset 57 115 PM 4/03 CWOP
Nantucket AP 56 1213 PM 4/03 ASOS
...Norfolk County...
Blue Hill ASOS 49 1140 AM 4/03 ASOS
Milton 47 1155 AM 4/03 CWOP
Wrentham 39 118 PM 4/03 CWOP
Norwood AP 38 1213 PM 4/03 ASOS
Dedham 37 1111 AM 4/03 CWOP
Bellingham 31 102 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Plymouth County...
Duxbury 48 1000 AM 4/03 Ham Radio
Plymouth AP 46 1031 AM 4/03 ASOS
Marshfield AP 41 1135 AM 4/03 AWOS
Plymouth 38 109 PM 4/03 CWOP
Scituate 38 1146 AM 4/03 CWOP
Hanover 37 1005 AM 4/03 CWOP
Wareham 36 930 AM 4/03 CWOP
Mattapoisett 31 1015 AM 4/03 CWOP
...Suffolk County...
Logan AP 49 1251 PM 4/03 ASOS
Winthrop 39 121 PM 4/03 CWOP
Boston 35 1231 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Worcester County...
Worcester AP 32 858 AM 4/03 ASOS
RHODE ISLAND
...Bristol County...
Bristol 31 115 PM 4/03 CWOP
...Kent County...
TF Green AP 44 1226 PM 4/03 ASOS
...Newport County...
Newport AP 40 1043 AM 4/03 ASOS
Middletown 38 958 AM 4/03 CWOP
Little Compton 32 1002 AM 4/03 CWOP
...Providence County...
Smithfield-Lincoln A 37 1158 AM 4/03 AWOS
1 SE Providence 32 1206 PM 4/03 HADS
...Washington County...
4 SW South Kingstown 46 125 PM 4/03 HADS
Quonset AP 43 1250 PM 4/03 AWOS
Block Island AP 40 116 PM 4/03 AWOS
Westerly AP 39 1253 PM 4/03 ASOS
Narragansett 37 1101 AM 4/03 CWOP
Charlestown 35 1115 AM 4/03 CWOP
***********************SUSTAINED WIND***********************
LOCATION WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SPEED OF
MPH MEASUREMENT
MASSACHUSETTS
...Barnstable County...
East Falmouth 36 1206 PM 4/03 NONE
These data are provided by the National Weather Service office in Norton, MA.
As you can see, across much of the eastern portion of our area it’s been a pretty wild day with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph out over Cape Cod and gusts of 35-50 mph reported around the Boston area.
The good news is that this storm is now on its way out of the region as it completes the loop back toward the west that took place through Thursday night. Clouds and showers will remain a fixture in our weather through the rest of today but conditions should gradually improve with diminishing winds as we head into Saturday.
Speaking of Saturday, it looks like Saturday will be a less nice day than I’ve been thinking as the low level moisture, enhanced by NE winds feeding in Atlantic moisture, hangs tough. It will be less windy and it should also be fairly dry albeit cool and cloudy. Improving weather will move in by Sunday with the slight risk of a shower late in the day on Sunday and then Monday and Tuesday look like great days with temperatures above normal, light wind and sunshine.
It looks like a weak impulse will track south of our area on Wednesday and that will probably throw some rainfall back our way then. Next Thursday, at least for now, looks pretty good.
Stay healthy and safe out there!
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