High Winds and High Tides Combine With Snow for Weekend Weather
Friday evening and winds start to pick up.
Friday evening and winds start to pick up.
Waves bring rocks and sand over East Chop Drive.
Waves bring rocks and sand over East Chop Drive.
High tides in Edgartown brought the harbor up past Dock street.
High tides in Edgartown brought the harbor up past Dock street.
Edgartown harbor flooded as moon waxed.
Edgartown harbor flooded as moon waxed.
High winds combined with high tides fill Oak Bluffs harbor.
High winds combined with high tides fill Oak Bluffs harbor.
Benches along the Oak Bluffs harbor coated with ice and snow Saturday morning.
Benches along the Oak Bluffs harbor coated with ice and snow Saturday morning.
Tough passage through Five Corners.
Tough passage through Five Corners.
Flooding along Beach Road by the Shipyard.
Flooding along Beach Road by the Shipyard.
Whitecaps in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Whitecaps in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Frosting of snow on Beach Road Extension.
Frosting of snow on Beach Road Extension.
March weather on the Island is an ephemeral thing.
March weather on the Island is an ephemeral thing.
Corbin-Norton house dusted with snow from the northeast.
Corbin-Norton house dusted with snow from the northeast.
The Far Barn at Polly Hill Arboretum received a frosting of white.
The Far Barn at Polly Hill Arboretum received a frosting of white.
Island harbors looked like a raging seas over the weekend, and a dense salt spray infused the air around the shorelines, as high winds began Friday night and continued through Saturday. Snow fell overnight, well, an inch or so did, but that's more than we received during January or February.
This is March in New England.