Though Wednesday night’s winds are mostly dying down, areas near the South Shore will feel brisk winds near 20 miles per hour throughout the day, with higher speeds closer to the coast, the National Weather Service said.

Between 2 and 6 a.m. today, winds were observed in excess of 30 miles per hour in Boston, 40 miles per hour in Lawrence, and 50 miles per hour at the Blue Hills Meteorological Observatory in Milton, National Weather Service meteorologist Charlie Foley said.