[Weather] [2019.10.31 PM] Strong to Damaging winds expected tonight into Friday morning

[BOX Operations - NOAA Service Account]

Good afternoon.

A period of strong to damaging wind gusts are expected tonight into early
Friday morning.

*Headlines*:

   - High Wind Warning for easern Hampshire and Hampden counties MA &
   Hartford and Tolland counties CT from 9 PM tonight through 3 AM Saturday
   morning
   - High Wind Warning for eastern Massachusetts & Rhode Island from 11 PM
   tonight through 6 AM Saturday morning
   - Wind Advisory for Windham county CT and Worcester, Franklin, western
   Hampden and western Hampshire counties from 8 PM tonight through Noon on
   Saturday
   - Storm Warnings for Narragansett Bay, Boston Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, and
   Massachusetts/Ipswich Bays in effect from 11 PM tonight through 6 AM
   Saturday morning
   - Gale Warnings in effect for the remaining coastal waters through Friday

*Details*:

*Winds:*

   - *Timing and Peak Gusts:*
      - Strongest South winds will occur from 9 PM tonight through 8 AM
      Friday morning from west to east.
      - Expect gusts from 40-50 mph in the interior, with 50-60 mph
      possible across Rhode Island and eastern MA, including the Cape/Islands.
      - Another surge of strong west wind gusts to 40-50 mph are expected
      Friday morning, especially over the higher terrain in interior MA.
   - *Impacts:* Some tree damage with scattered power outages.
   - *Uncertainty:*  There is still some uncertainty about how much of the
   strongest winds will mix to the ground. However, with temperatures in the
   upper 60s to lower 70s this afternoon, the probability for the strong winds
   to reach the surface is high. There will also be a narrow line of heavy
   showers along the front, which will increase the likelihood of strong to
   damaging winds.

      *Rain:*

   - *Timing:* Expect areas of showers tonight and Thursday, but the
   heaviest rainfall,  possibly accompanied by a rumble or two of thunder,
   will occur across western and central MA and northern CT.
   - *Amounts:* 0.5 to 1.25 inches, heaviest across western Hampden,
   Hampshire and Franklin counties.
   - *Impacts*: Limited. Isolated poor drainage flooding possible from
   leaf-clogged storm drains.
   - *Uncertainty*: Any thunder may enhance rainfall rates.

The updated graphics for the peak wind gusts (in MPH) and current headlines
are attached.

If you have any questions or would like more information, don't hesitate to
contact us via this email address, on NWSChat <https://nwschat.weather.gov/>,
or at the following:

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