Nashua Power Outages Amid 50 MPH Wind

NASHUA, NH — Strong winds knocked out power in Nashua Thursday morning. At 11 a.m., there were 82 Nashua customers without power, according to Eversource. Sustained wind gusts of 20-50 mph were expected to continue through Thursday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for Nashua through 4 p.m.:

• A wind advisory....remains in effect until 4 p.m.
• Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
• Timing...Through this afternoon.
• Impacts...Gusty winds will cause difficult driving conditions especially for high profile vehicles on north south oriented roadways. Small items may be blown around by the wind, and small limbs may be snapped from trees.

About 5,000 in southern New Hampshire lost power Thursday morning.

Eversource outage map

This is a shot of the Eversource outage map as of 11:45 a.m.:

Temperatures will dive into the 20s Thursday night and snow is expected Friday morning:

March 9 Hourly Forecast for Nashua

Light snow starting tomorrow morning.

12pm - Mostly Cloudy, 42°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 15 mph from the W.

1pm - Partly Cloudy, 42°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 18 mph from the W.

2pm - Partly Cloudy, 43°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 18 mph from the W.

3pm - Partly Cloudy, 43°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 17 mph from the W.

4pm - Partly Cloudy, 42°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 16 mph from the W.

5pm - Partly Cloudy, 40°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 14 mph from the W.

6pm - Partly Cloudy, 37°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 10 mph from the W.

7pm - Partly Cloudy, 35°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 8 mph from the W.

8pm - Partly Cloudy, 34°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 7 mph from the WSW.

9pm - Partly Cloudy, 32°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 7 mph from the WSW.

10pm - Partly Cloudy, 31°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 6 mph from the W.

11pm - Partly Cloudy, 30°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 6 mph from the W.

12am - Partly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 5 mph from the W.

1am - Partly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 4 mph from the W.

2am - Mostly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 4 mph from the WNW.

3am - Mostly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 2 mph from the WNW.

4am - Overcast, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 0 mph from the NW.

5am - Overcast, 28°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 0 mph from the NE.

6am - Overcast, 28°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 1 mph from the E.

7am - Overcast, 28°

Chance of snow: 1%. Wind 1 mph from the E.

8am - Flurries, 28°

Chance of snow: 4%. Wind 1 mph from the ESE.

9am - Light Snow, 30°

Chance of snow: 12%. Wind 1 mph from the E.

10am - Light Snow, 32°

Chance of snow: 19%. Wind 0 mph from the ESE.

11am - Light Snow, 33°

Chance of snow: 23%. Wind 1 mph from the NNW.

Data provided by darksky.net.

Photo credit: Eversource