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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Potentially Damaging Winds to Move in Wednesday Night

A high wind watch has been issued for Wednesday night because of the possibility of wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour.

Wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour on Wednesday night could bring down trees and power lines, warns the National Weather Service. A high wind watch was issued on Tuesday at 4:42 p.m. by the weather service on Taunton for much of coastal and eastern Massachusetts, including Melrose, because the south-southwest winds at 20-30 mph could gust to 60 mph. The high wind watch means that the potential exists for strong and damaging winds in Reading and North Reading. The strong winds could bring down trees and power lines as well as cause property damage, the weather service said. The high wind watch runs from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. “Unsecured outdoor objects may become damaged and/or airborne,” the weather service warned. “…

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Strong Winds Tonight Could Cause Power Outages

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory in effect from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. tonight.

An intensifying storm system passing over western New England tonight could bring strong and possibly damaging winds to Melrose, resulting in downed tree limbs and power outages, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned this morning. The NWS has issued a wind advisory in effect from 9 p.m. tonight through 3 a.m. tomorrow morning, stating that the strong southerly winds will have the strongest gusts along the Rhode Island coast, Cape Cod and the islands, although Melrose and the rest of southeast Middlesex County is included in the advisory area. A wind advisory is issued when sustained winds are forecast to be 31-39 miles per hour, or gusts ranging between 46-57 miles per hour, the NWS advisory said. "Winds this strong are capable of …

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