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November 2, 2007

Damaging winds could strike tomorrow

Damaging winds could bully broad swaths of Rhode Island and especially eastern Massachusetts tomorrow, when remains of Hurricane Noel are expected to brew into a strong coastal storm.

The National Weather Service forecast, updated at 11:21 a.m., says a high wind watch is in effect from tomorrow morning into the evening. That means "potential exists for strong damaging winds to develop" -- winds that could take down trees and power lines, the weather service forecast says.
Especially for Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and other parts of eastern Massachusetts, "widespread power outages may very well become a reality."

The online weather service map shows Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts covered in purple -- storm warning -- and brown, for high winds. The winds are predicted to taper off during the early evening.

In southern New England, winds are expected to pick up late tomorrow morning with gusts up to 60 miles per hour possible as far west as Westerly. The storm could drop one to two inches of rain on the Ocean State.

The National Hurricane Center cautions “there is still some uncertainty as to the exact track of this storm.”

The Coast Guard warned mariners the storm will generate 80-knot winds and seas more than 30 feet high.

Noel, a category one hurricane, is responsible for more than 100 deaths in the Caribbean.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney and The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:22 PM | Permalink

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