Figure 1. The maximum possible inland sustained wind speeds (kt) for a hurricane that makes landfall with maximum sustained winds of 85 kt and a forward speed of 30 kt as determined using the empirical New England Decay Model. The wind speeds depicted were obtained assuming that the hurricane traveled the minimum distance from the coast to a given location and the storm's strongest winds passed directly over that location. The three letter codes for select National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices are shown for reference. These stations are as follows: NYC (New York), HFD (Hartford), BOS (Boston), CON (Concord), and PWM (Portland).