Newsweek - Weather alerts were in place for nearly the entire U.S. East Coast on Thursday ahead of a windy storm system set to sweep across the region on Friday...
The most widespread issued alert was a wind advisory, in place for coastal Maine south through northern Delaware. Some areas also were under the more severe high wind warnings, such as Bar Harbor, Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts. Wind gusts could reach up to 60 mph in some instances.
"A high wind warning for the Cape and Islands on Friday," NWS Boston posted on X on Thursday. "Southerly wind gusts to 55 to 65 mph are possible, peaking from mid morning into early afternoon. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the rest of southern New England for gusts to 40 to 55 mph.