Whereas some uncertainty stays in regards to the actual path Hurricane Lee will take by the area this weekend, there’s little doubt that the storm will impression the Maritimes.
The massive-scale and slow-moving storm is wanting prone to carry rain, gusty winds and pounding surf, in addition to the potential for storm surge.
The most recent steerage continues to weaken Lee because it tracks northward over the following few days into an space of accelerating wind shear and cooler ocean temperatures.
That stated, Lee continues to be anticipated to stay close to Class 1 power because it strikes into the Maritimes on Saturday. The storm is then anticipated to transition to post-tropical because it slowly strikes by the area later Saturday and into Sunday, whereas persevering with to carry tropical storm-force winds.
That transition to a post-tropical low signifies that the bands of rain and strongest winds will unfold out from the centre of the storm and embody a bigger space. This can carry the danger of extra widespread energy outages, with the timber nonetheless in full leaf.
CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says the storm is prone to make land fall within the Maritimes on Saturday.
Because the storm monitor turns into extra clear and the fashions come into higher settlement over the following day or so, we’ll get a clearer image as to which elements of the Maritimes will see the heaviest rainfall and which is able to see the strongest winds.
We’ll additionally get a greater deal with on the storm surge potential and the way it would possibly line up with excessive tide.
Downpours on Thursday
Properly forward of Lee, tropical moisture streaming up and forward of the storm will roll by the Maritimes on Thursday.
Scattered showers, heavy downpours and the danger of thunderstorms on Thursday and Thursday night time will carry one other danger of localized flash flooding. It would additionally add much more water to an already saturated floor earlier than Lee arrives this weekend.
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