Tropical Storm Warnings were issued for New England because of Hurricane Lee
A Tropical Storm Warning for Northern Massachusetts after the Supersonic Lee Event in Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard
The good news is that Hurricane Lee is weakening and will keep doing so before making landfall near the U.S.-Canada border. The bad news is that it will bring a lot of water and wind to places that already have a lot of rain.
There is a watch for a storm on Wednesday in parts of the province of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The center said that its hurricane and tropical storm watches referred to conditions expected on Saturday. As the storm moves towards the Gulf of Maine, it was expected to turn back to the northeast, heading towards Atlantic Canada. Landfall will probably occur late Saturday afternoon or overnight somewhere along the Maine or Nova Scotia shorelines.
Part of coastal Massachusetts is now under a tropical storm warning, including Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Cape Cod, the hurricane center said in an update Thursday.
“Impacts are expected to be greatest across Cape Cod, where winds may gust as high as 50-60mph,” according to the National Weather Service office in Boston.
Cape Cod Bay could see 2 to 4 feet of water above ground if the storm surge peaks along with high tide, forecasters said. The figure is from 1 to 3 feet from Sagamore Beach to the Canadian border. Martha’s Vineyard and Long Island Sound could experience some level of flooding.
The storm’s speed and its exact path will define many of these impacts: hurricanes’ heaviest rains typically fall east of the center, and the effects are amplified when a storm slows down over land.
A Category 1 Hurricane That Comes from the Sea: Massive Waves, Rip Currents and Surf Conditions on the U.S. East Coast
“Large waves and dangerous rip current are a certainty at this point, with 15-20 [feet] waves likely just offshore,” the National Weather Service office in Portland said Thursday morning.
The office warns that while the winds will increase Friday night, gusts can reach up to 50 mph if they move inland.
“The last Category 1 hurricane to come from the sea and make landfall in Maine was more than a half-century ago,” NPR’s Tovia Smith reported on Morning Edition.
rip currents and surf conditions are bad on much of the U.S. East Coast due to the energy coming from hurricanes in the Atlantic.
Take a picture of the waves in the open water. The National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch reported on Thursday that peak seas are around 47 feet near the center. Within 480 nautical miles of the center, seas between 12 to 19 ft in mixed swell are expected.
He said that heavy rainfall was expected on Sunday to the west of Nova Scotia and to the southwest of southwestern New Brunswick or the gulf of Maine. He said there would be a rise in water levels along the coast with the highest waves occurring along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, potentially into the Bay of Fundy area of New Brunswick.
A tropical storm warning has been issued for part of coastal Massachusetts including Nantucket, Martha’s and Cape Cod due to the “supersonic Lee Event”. The National Hurricane Center has said its hurricane and tropical storm watches referred to conditions expected on Saturday. The storm surge will be 2 to 4 feet above ground if the storm surge peaks along with high tide, forecasters said.