Strong Saturday Winds...NYC Metro Area

The following are peak wind gusts that were measured today as a strong area of low pressure intensified over eastern Canada:

NEWARK, NJ 49 mph
CALDWELL, NJ 37 mph
LINDEN, NJ 44 mph
NYC/CENTRAL PARK 38 mph
NYC/JFK ARPT 46 mph
FARMINGDALE, NY 45 mph
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY 45 mph
NEW HAVEN, CT 40 mph

This was certainly a windy day with gusts to over 30 mph into the evening. It was 15 degrees cooler than yesterday with strong cold air advection behind a cold front. It was partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the unstable air.

George Wright, Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. View our web site at WrightWeather.com.