Inversion is a little stronger than modeled at GYX based off the 18z runs. NAM is probably the closest (a hair stronger than observed) but still rips off a few 35 kt gusts at the office.
Messing around with available guidance I think they have a shot to go over. I'd peg their peak wind gust around 47 knots if I had to pick a number right now.
This is a situation where I hope the RAP soundings are a little overmixed (as is its bias) because otherwise they show some real nasty potential (like October 2017).
I actually think for those near the track of this meso low that it could be some "holy shit, what just happened?" while outside of that path it's just a typical strong nor'easter. The Cape forecast should be three buns hanging off the flagpole.
Looks like the eyewall closes off before it makes landfall on ACK.
But for real that's an outrageous run. Rakes all of SE New England with some big wind. Some of those dunes on the outer Cape would be rocking 80 mph.
March 1, 2021 62 mph from the NW. Before that, the October 2020 derecho (70 mph). They had another 60+ from a thunderstorm in August 2020. And before that February 25, 2019 65 mph from the WNW. All of these are WNW or NW wind directions. Hmm...