Track of Lee shifts west; Maritimes to still be impacted by rain and wind this weekend
CTV
The current forecast track shows Lee may pass just to the west of southwestern Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, before making a potential landfall in southwestern New Brunswick in the very early morning hours of Sunday.
The current forecast track shows Lee may pass just to the west of southwestern Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, before making a potential landfall in southwestern New Brunswick in the very early morning hours of Sunday.
The possible path of the storm is still quite wide, stretching from Maine across to Halifax. A shift of the track west/east in that area could change the landfall point and time.
Forecasts predict Lee will approach the southern marine waters of the Maritimes as a Category 1 hurricane before transitioning to a post-tropical storm as it crosses the region. The strength of Lee as it undergoes that transition is expected to be equivalent to a tropical storm.
The areas most likely to see tropical storm force winds reaching the Maritimes is in southwestern Nova Scotia and southwestern New Brunswick. The earliest arrival time of those winds in southwestern Nova Scotia are projected to be between by or near 8 a.m. on Saturday. Tropical storm force winds are defined as a two-second sustained wind of 63 km/h or stronger.
Stronger wind gusts will be present in a larger area of the Maritimes. The strongest gusts expected in southwestern Nova Scotia and southwestern New Brunswick where they could peak in the range of 80 to 110 km/h, and in excess of 110 km/h on exposed areas of the coastline.
