Hurricane Lee – Day 11
Position: 39.5N 65.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [015°] near 20 mph [31 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 345 miles [555 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 965 mb.
Currently about 250 miles [ 405 km] East-Southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Tropical Storm force winds are arriving in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia at 10PN CDT.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Westport, Massachusetts northward to the U.S./Canada border; Martha’s Vineyard; Nantucket; New Brunswick from the U.S./Canada border to Fort Lawrence, including Grand Manan Island; Nova Scotia from Fort Lawrence to Point Tupper; New Brunswick from Shediac to Tidnish.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for New Brunswick from the U.S./Canada border to Point Lepreau, including Grand Manan Island; Nova Scotia from Digby to Ecum Secum.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Prince Edward Island; Magdalen Islands; New Brunswick from Belledune to Shediac; Nova Scotia from Tidnish to Aulds Cove; Nova Scotia from Aulds Cove to Meat Cove to Point Tupper.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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