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📜 On This Day in 1901: Newport-native Clarence King dies, was the first director of U.S. Geological Survey. Read More
🌬️ Strong winds and heavy rain caused all sorts of disruptions and mess across the state yesterday. In Newport County, wind speeds were particularly strong, with Fogland experiencing 67 mph winds, Rose Island seeing 58 mph winds, and Beavertail experiencing 55 mph winds. Sakonnet Vineyards and Prudence Island also saw significant wind speeds, at 53 mph and 49 mph respectively.
💡 2,278 Rhode Island Energy customers are currently without power in Rhode Island, with just a few on Aquidneck Island. Keep an eye on the outage map her - Live: Rhode Island Power Outage Map
💰 $450 million in transportation funds is coming to Rhode Island. Among the project is $10 million for the Preservation of Mount Hope Bridge. Read More
🎄 A reminder - Here’s what restaurants are open and serving up something special on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2022.
🎅 Rhode Island Monthly on Santa's Surprising Connection to Newport
🎵 Newport Live will be presenting An Evening With The Chris Spedding Trio, featuring Tony Garnier and Anton Fig at The Casino Theater in Newport on Friday, January 20th at 7:30 PM. Read More
🎅 Santa is already on the move, you can see where he is in the world via the Official NORAD Santa Tracker here.
🎄 A Christmas Eve Poem…
Have a Merry Christmas,
Ryan, Frank, Ken, and the entire What’sUpNewp Crew
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Weather
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -3. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. West wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today: WSW wind 15 to 17 kt, with gusts as high as 31 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: W wind around 14 kt, with gusts as high as 26 kt. A slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 47°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 7:09 am | Sunset: 4:20 pm | 9 hours and 10 minutes of sun.
High tide at 8:06 am & 8:32 pm | Low tide at 1:01 am & 2:13 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 0.7 days, 0% lighting.
Things To Do
5 pm, 10 pm, & 10:30 pm: Celebrate Christmas with St. John the Evangelist
5 pm: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at Channing Memorial Church
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
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City & Government
No meetings are scheduled.
See the full list of public meetings in Rhode Island here.
