‘Wowzers’: Here’s what local meteorologists are saying about the overnight storm
Local meteorologists commented on the storm's maximum wind gusts and rain.
The overnight storm Wednesday into Thursday wreaked havoc in Boston and outside the city, taking down trees that landed on homes and crushing cars.The storm also caused delays for the MBTA Commuter Rail, snagging the Thursday morning commute for many.At Logan Airport, there was a wind gust that reached 70 miles per hour around 2:42 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
#Boston (Logan Airport) gusted to 70 mph (61 knots) at 242 am! #MA
KBOS 170654Z 11042G57KT 2SM RA BR BKN007 OVC013 17/14 A2886 RMK AO2 PK WND 09061/0642 SLP773 P0040 T01670144
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) October 17, 2019
“It was a wild night with wind gusts up to 90 mph in Provincetown #MA!” the service said in a separate tweet with an accompanying map of maximum wind gusts. While a 90-mile-per-hour gust in Provincetown was the highest on the map, Wellfleet had a gust of 89 miles per hour and Duxbury’s strongest gust reached 80 miles per hour.
Closer to Boston, a 51-mile-per-hour gust was recorded in Medford and Milton’s strongest was 62 miles per hour.
[Observed Wind Gusts] It was a wild night with wind gusts up to 90 mph in Provincetown #MA! Here is a map of other observed wind gusts across #RI #CT pic.twitter.com/f6ozxZ3tgE
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) October 17, 2019
More spatial maps of wind gusts. These wind gusts are not considered official. Get the full list at the following … https://t.co/U8lI7nORcY
Check out the map … https://t.co/k305y5y7Ug
Latest damage reports … https://t.co/139j5YudgU pic.twitter.com/J0g7gobfDx
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) October 17, 2019
“Unreal wind last night from the South Shore to Cape Cod,” Eric Fisher, a meteorologist with WBZ, commented on Twitter. “Boston also smashed the record for lowest pressure during October at 975.3mb.”
Vicki Graf, a meteorologist with Boston 25, also mentioned the low pressure during the storm.
“This storm brought record low pressure for the month of October across several cities in New England including Boston, Concord & Nantucket…a sign of how powerful this storm was,” she said on Twitter.
This storm brought record low pressure for the month of October across several cities in New England including Boston, Concord & Nantucket…a sign of how powerful this storm was. pic.twitter.com/p4W7b5dVlF
— Vicki Graf (@VickiGrafWX) October 17, 2019
Meteorologist Dave Epstein shared a table of “peak wind gusts” broken down by county, calling them “certainly notable.”
Peak wind gusts in the overnight storm certainly notable. #wind pic.twitter.com/142VYU0sSh
— Dave Epstein (@growingwisdom) October 17, 2019
“Wowzers,” Terry Eliasen, a meteorologist with WBZ, said.
Wowzers pic.twitter.com/ZkpgM6MOoE
— Terry Eliasen (@TerryWBZ) October 17, 2019
“BIG puddles out there this morning … a lot of rain in just a few hours time,” meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon of WCVB said. The map she shared shows Boston picked up just over an inch of rain while other places, including Lawrence and Worcester, had over two inches.
BIG puddles out there this morning … a lot of rain in just a few hours time. These are the rain totals just since midnight. Some towns picking up closer to 3″ rain from the storm #wcvb pic.twitter.com/T6QmtflJ2K
— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) October 17, 2019
In Boston Harbor, water “spiked” four feet or more over that of a usual tide, Eric Fisher, a meteorologist with WBZ, said on Twitter.
“If this had hit during a high astro tide it would have set a new high water record,” he added.
Meteotsunami in Boston Harbor last night. Water spiked 4+ feet above normal tide.
If this had hit during a high astro tide it would have set a new high water record pic.twitter.com/GeObeYc4Bw
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) October 17, 2019
The storm’s effects aren’t over – the service has a wind advisory in effect for most of the state, including Boston, until 6 p.m. Thursday. This could mean winds between 20 and 30 miles per hour with gusts forecasted between 45 and 55 miles per hour. The Cape has a high wind warning in effect for the same time frame with sustained winds projected at 25 to 35 miles per hour, with gusts between 50 and 60 miles per hour.
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