I've seen it much windier, but not those rates for 6hrs. Usually like you said it's more prolonged, but with lower rates. I always wondered how it would stack with less wind. We had quite a bit of wind until the near end.
I went through the Jan blizzard thread for nostalgia last night. What a pants tent. At some point you and I will cower in a corner while the interior beats us with a snow shovel.
An active EPAC is not indicative of Nina, and will increase shear over the Atlantic. The SST anomalies have Nina removed from EPAC and moved west. Sort of interesting.