The storm that will produce heavy inland snow Saturday night will also bring rain and gusty wind to the coast late at night into early Sunday morning. An increasing easterly wind could reach 20-30 mph with gusts to 45 mph on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Block Island. The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for those areas.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...AN INTENSIFYING WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE GUSTY EAST WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... MAZ022>024-RIZ008-141800- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.131215T0400Z-131215T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 450 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE TAKEN DOWN...WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. &&