So I checked the official National Weather Service alert on Intellicast this morning.
More below the break.
The report I got this morning is below and the link above will give you updates as the forecast changes but this looks like a significant nor'easter.
I guess I should take a nap this afternoon in case the fire pager starts going off during the night.
And tomorrow might be a good day for "harvesting" firewood.
Accuweather reminds us that The Perfect Storm of book and movie fame occurred October 28 through November 2, 1991 and included a recorded wave over 70 feet tall.
We shouldn't get much snow close to the coast but a real dump is predicted inland. Cumberland could get 5-8 inches. Hartford, CT could get 8-12 inches.
445 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
* HAZARDS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS. SHIFTING TO NORTH AND
NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TIMING...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH MOIST SOILS WILL BRING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.