Another round of wicked wind returns tonight into Thursday morning. A low pressure system moves across northern New England and into the Gulf of Maine this evening.

As it moves out towards the Canadian Maritimes tonight, the low rapidly strengthens undergoing “bombogenesis." A high pressure system heads our way from the southwest and will create tight pressure gradients -- the pressure gradient force.

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Further explained: air flows from high pressure to low pressure. The bigger the difference, the stronger the winds. And we’re in the middle, as the air is funneled across the northeast, so westerly and northwesterly wind will be as high as 20-40 mph sustained, with gusts 50-60 mph .

The worst of the wind is 11 p.

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