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The weather service has posted a wind advisory, effective until 2 p.m., with south winds of 15 to 25 mph gusting up to 50 mph. "Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.
PROVIDENCE − Severe thunderstorms could move across the region this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The storms, which could generate damaging winds and hail, are most ...
Where in RI were the strongest wind gusts? A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded in Barrington Monday, the strongest reported in the Ocean State, according to the National Weather Service.The agency ...
Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, [5] located 3.8 mi (6.1 km) from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean.The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind, now known as Ørsted US Offshore Wind.
In 2014, Rhode Island had 9 MW of installed wind power capacity, [2] which quickly rose to 75 MW in 2019. [3] Rhode Island’s first commercial turbine was constructed in March 2006 at Portsmouth Abbey on Aquidneck Island. Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore in the U.S., came on line in 2016.
South Fork Wind Farm is a utility-scale offshore wind farm on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Rhode Island, providing energy to New York state. [5]The 130 MW, 12-turbine wind is 16.6 nautical miles (30.7 km; 19.1 mi) southeast of Rhode Island's Block Island and 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) east of Montauk Point on the South Fork of New York's Long Island.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
A Vineyard Wind turbine at the far southwest section of the offshore wind farm, 22 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. One of the turbine's blades failed in July, splintering and sending debris into ...