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Issued: 1:12 AM Apr. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A GUST FRONT APPROACHING THE WATERS... The areas affected include... Block Island Sound... Buzzards Bay... Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket... Nantucket Sound... Narragansett Bay... Rhode Island Sound... Vineyard Sound... At 910 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a gust front, capable of producing an abrupt northerly wind shift with winds to around 30 knots. This front was located along a line extending from 11 nm west of Kingston to 14 nm west of Cranston, moving southeast at 25 knots. Locations impacted include... Squibnocket Bight, Block Island Sound, Sakonnet Point Light, Point Judith Light, Gay Head Light, Rocky Point, Quonset Point, Greenwich Bay, Melville, Popasquash Point, Plum Beach Light, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Cape Poge Light, Edgartown Harbor, Charlestown Breachway, Dutch Harbor Light, West Island In Buzzards Bay, Castle Hill Light, and Cuttyhunk Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Expect gusty winds to around 30 knots and brief showers. Consider heading for safe harbor until this front passes. &&
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