Dry and unseasonably mild weather with near record temperatures preceded a period of strong winds late Thursday into Friday. A shortwave trough moving toward the Great Lakes combined with a surface cold front moving through late Thursday brought these winds along with heavy rain.

High Wind in BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 05:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 70.00 MG
Property damage: 1.50K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Wind generally gusted 40 to 70 mph. At Hatch Beach in Eastham a mesonet site reported a gust to 81 mph at 531 AM EST. At Waquoit Bay in Falmouth a mesonet site reported a gust to 75 mph at 903 AM EST. In Falmouth at 6:56 AM EST there was a tree down on Woods Hole Rd and a tree and high tension wires down on Quisset Ave.

High Wind in DUKES, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 05:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winds generally gusted 40 to 60 mph. At Vineyard Station there was a gust to 62 mph at 901 AM EST. The Martha's Vineyard Airport ASOS (KMVY) gusted to 54 mph at 450 AM EST.

High Wind in EASTERN HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 05:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Winds generally gusted 40 to 55 mph. On Mt. Tom in Holyoke the wind gusted to 61 mph at 7:39 AM EST. At Westover AFB there was a gust to 45 mph at 7:46 AM EST.

High Wind in NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 05:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winds generally gusted 45 to 55 mph. In Nantucket Harbor there was a gust to 59 mph at 8:28 AM EST. At 9:37 AM EST the Nantucket Airport ASOS (KACK) reported a wind gust of 58 mph.

High Wind in EASTERN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 04:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 3.50K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winds generally gusted 40 to 60 mph. In Plymouth there was a gust to 62 mph at 8:01 AM EST. In Hull there was a gust to 57 mph at 4:58 AM EST. The Plymouth Airport ASOS (KPYM) gusted to 56 mph at 6:38 AM EST. In Scituate at 7:50 AM EST a large tree was down across Route 12 near Matteson Rd and at 8:04 AM EST a tree was down on Route 116 near Plainfield Pike. Also in Scituate at 8:25 AM EST there was a tree down on Ide Rd. In Norwell at 6:28 AM EST a tree was down blocking a driveway on Main St. In Plymouth at 6:45 AM EST a tree was down on wires on Forest Ave. In Duxbury at 7:03 AM EST a tree was down across a road. Also in Duxbury at 8:15 AM EST there was a pine tree down blocking the road on Keene St at Union, a tree and wires down on West St at Merry Ave, a large tree down on Treemont St, and several other trees down on wires per the fire department.

Strong Wind in WESTERN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 04:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 39.00 EG
Property damage: 7.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

In Lakeville at 6:13 AM EST a tree was down on Precinct St. In Middleborough at 7:20 AM EST there was a tree down across the road on Plymouth St and Wareham St, trees down on Carter St, and several other large trees down in town. In Halifax at 7:33 AM EST there was a tree and wires down on Plymouth St at Pinebrook Dr and at 7:33 AM EST there was a tree and wires down on Elm St. In Pembroke at 7:45 AM EST there was a very large tree down on Pleasant St, a tree down on Congress St, a tree blocking the road near the Duxbury line, a tree down on Chapel St at Yale Rd and a tree and wires down on Cynthia Ave. In Plympton at 7:55 AM EST there were wires down on West St and a tree down on a transformer.

Strong Wind in SOUTHERN BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
From 18-FEB-22 05:00:00 to 18-FEB-22 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 39.00 EG
Property damage: 9.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

In Fall River at 6:20 AM EST there was a tree and wires down on a car on Hope St. In New Bedford at 6:44 AM EST there was a light pole down on Parker St and a tree down on a house on Ohio St. At 7:02 AM EST there was a tree down on Center St and South St. At 7:11 AM EST a tree was down on a house on Foley Dr. At 7:27 AM EST a tree and wires were blocking Mill Rd. In Acushnet at 7:40 AM there was  a large tree down on Elaine Way which damaged a shed. In New Bedford at 7:42 AM EST there was a tree down on Faunce Corner Rd. At 8:50 AM EST there was a large tree down on Huntington Ave, a large tree down on North Hixville Rd, an a tree down blocking Collins Corner Rd.