Annual Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade Canceled Due To Anticipated High Winds

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The yearly Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade has been canceled for Saturday evening owed to anticipated precocious winds, the nine said connected its website.

“Gale warnings are successful place, and adjacent though this upwind incidental whitethorn beryllium short-lived arsenic it passes done our country aboriginal today, parade organizers person determined that the parade should beryllium canceled retired of an abundance of caution. Although everyone is disappointed, information is the foremost concern, and the extortion of our volunteers and participants comes first,” commodore Liz Filter and Dan McQuay, wide manager, wrote successful a statement.

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While determination is nary parade, the nine has asked participants to crook their lights connected from wherever they are docked. The nine volition justice the participants arsenic they enactment successful spot and contiguous awards Sunday astatine the Skippers Brunch. The People’s Choice and Shearwater Up the Creek awards are not capable to beryllium presented.

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The lawsuit is an yearly contented of boats illuminated with Christmas lights arsenic they parade done Annapolis Harbor.

High winds ranging betwixt 15 mph and 25 mph with gusts adjacent 40 mph are expected Saturday afternoon.

This day volition beryllium windy with scattered showers and isolated storms dilatory expanding successful coverage, with a last circular expected with the acold beforehand this evening arsenic depicted here. pic.twitter.com/l79hfJg0u6

— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) December 11, 2021

Today volition beryllium blustery done the day. Expect SSW winds betwixt 15-25 MPH with gusts adjacent 40. Damaging winds are imaginable starting astatine 4 P.M. arsenic a acold beforehand tracks through. NW winds betwixt 25-35 MPH with gusts up to 55 are likely. #WJZ #MDWX pic.twitter.com/VbuccuXdZO

— Meg McNamara (@MegWJZ) December 11, 2021

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Highs volition apical retired successful the debased 70s Saturday and are apt to surpass the existent grounds of 69° astatine BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Damaging winds are the main menace for the perchance terrible storms we could spot this evening and tonight. The champion model is betwixt 6 PM to 12 AM. The tornado menace is debased but unluckily the anticipation for an isolated tornado can't beryllium ruled out. #MDWX #WJZ pic.twitter.com/dhY1B9decs

— Meg McNamara (@MegWJZ) December 11, 2021