Tropical Update: Lee brings wind, surge to New England

Hurricane Lee will bring major problems to eastern New England and Canadian Maritime later today and Saturday.

Hurricane Lee is continuing to weaken as it moves northward across the western Atlantic. However, it will remain a major threat to eastern New England and the Canadian Maritime even as it loses it tropical characteristic by Saturday afternoon as it moves over the colder water of the north Atlantic.

Its northwestern and western flanks will sweep across eastern New England and Cape Cod tonight and early Saturday, bringing gusty winds, downpours, and coastal storm surge to Long Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and eastern Maine. Power outages and coastal flooding will be the biggest dangers with windy rain making it into Providence, R.I., Boston, Manchester, N.H., and Bangor, Maine.

Storm surges up to 3 feet are possible along eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Nantucket’s coastline.

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Margot, now a tropical storm, is meandering over the wide-open central Atlantic. It will barely move over the next several days, looping clockwise. It is churning the ocean, bringing colder water up to the surface, causing it to weaken.

There are two other areas of concern. A strong tropical wave currently located over the central Tropical Atlantic Ocean, well south of Margot, could become the season’s next system. It will turn to the northwest and remain far from land. A new tropical wave will jump off the African coast later this weekend. It will be slow to develop.

Weather & Radar will be providing updates of the tropics all season long. Check back often for the latest details and track all about the storms’ developments using our WeatherRadar.

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