Intensifying low pressure across Quebec pushed a strong cold front across Vermont during the overnight of October 15th and early morning hours of October 16th. Strong west to northwest down slope winds of 40 to 50 mph caused scattered to numerous tree damage in the form of downed limbs and scattered tees down.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
Intensifying low pressure across Quebec pushed a strong cold front across Vermont during the overnight of October 15th and early morning hours of October 16th. Strong west to northwest down slope winds of 40 to 50 mph caused scattered to numerous tree damage in the form of downed limbs and scattered tees down. This resulted in power outages in east-central and southeast Vermont...up to 10,000 outages.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
MPV airport reported wind gust of 48 mph. Most wind gusts were in the 38 to 45 mph range with downed tree limbs and isolated power outages.
Strong down slope westerly winds of 35 to 50 mph caused scattered tree and utility line damage, especially immediately along the eastern slopes of Vermont's central Green Mountains.
Strong down slope westerly winds of 35 to 50 mph caused scattered to numerous tree and utility line damage, especially immediately along the eastern slopes of Vermont's southern Green Mountains. A measured wind gust of 47 mph was recorded at VSF ASOS.
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