Powerful Winter Storm Pounding Parts Of The Northeast and Great Lakes

A powerful winter storm is organizing near the eastern Great Lakes and will slowly lift through southeastern Canada over the next day. Heavy snow and gusty winds will wallop areas from western and Upstate New York into northern New England. Then extremely heavy lake effect snow will pound areas downwind of the Great Lakes, especially off Lakes Erie and Ontario, through Saturday afternoon.
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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Gale Warning in effect from February 27, 09:00 AM EST until February 27, 10:00 PM EST

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Norton, MA Local Forecast Office

6NM WSW Newport RI

Marine Point Forecast

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Today

SSE 19kt
6ft
High: 48 °F
Tonight

W 17kt
3-4ft
Low: 30 °F
Friday

WSW 20kt
5ft
High: 38 °F
Friday
Night
W 13kt
3-4ft
Low: 29 °F
Saturday

W 12kt
2-3ft
High: 36 °F
Saturday
Night
NW 12kt
2ft
Low: 23 °F
Sunday

WNW 14kt
1-2ft
High: 35 °F
Sunday
Night
NNW 10kt
1ft
Low: 26 °F
Monday

SSE 9kt
1ft
High: 41 °F

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 10:02 pm EST Feb 26, 2020
Forecast Valid: 5am EST Feb 27, 2020-6pm EST Mar 4, 2020

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Detailed Forecast

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS

Synopsis: ANZ200-272200- 416 AM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... A strong cold front sweeps across the waters this morning followed by gale force SW to W winds through Fri. Low pres weakens over the Maritimes Sat with high pres building into New Eng Sunday. The high moves offshore Mon with a warm front approaching the waters. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period, please visit www.weather.gov/boston and follow the Current Hazards link above the map on the left. $$

Today

SSE wind 16 to 19 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 kt. Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then a slight chance of rain between 10am and 11am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog before 10am. Seas 6 ft subsiding to 4 ft.

Tonight

W wind 15 to 17 kt, with gusts as high as 31 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Friday

WSW wind 17 to 20 kt, with gusts as high as 28 kt. Sunny. Seas 3 ft building to 5 ft.

Friday Night

W wind 9 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Saturday

W wind 10 to 12 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Saturday Night

NW wind around 12 kt. Mostly clear. Seas around 2 ft.

Sunday

WNW wind 12 to 14 kt. Sunny. Seas 1 to 2 ft.

Sunday Night

NNW wind 6 to 10 kt. Mostly clear. Seas around 1 ft.

Monday

N wind 6 to 9 kt becoming SSE in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.