Same here. BOX hitting the wind aspect pretty hard. I despise wind events... ah well.
As mentioned as this low pressure system goes under rapid
intensification to potentially a sub 970 mb low pressure system as
it lifts into Quebec. A powerful SSE low level jet at 850 mb is
depicted to be 4-5 standard deviations above normal along with
indications of it falling outside the model climatology on our
situational awareness table. The GFS/ECMWF are showing the potential
for the 850 mb jet to max out over 80-90 knots...which is quite
impressive for the global models. The big question is how much of
this wind will be able to be tapped given a south to southeast
direction; which is often the hardest to mix down. However...some of
it often does find its way down in these highly anomalous patterns
given rapid pressure changes and potential fine lines etc. We are
thinking that a period of 50 to 60 mph wind gusts appears reasonable
for much of the region. We could end up on the lower end of those
numbers if winds underperforms, but a low risk for wind gusts to
exceed 60-65 mph in a situation where more mixes down. All we can
say at this point is the potential exists for a period of damaging
wind gusts and power outages.