Lee’s rains should largely bypass inland areas of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.Įxcessive Rainfall Outlook from the National Weather Service from Saturday morning, September 16, 2023, through Sunday morning, September 17, 2023. Lower totals of up to 4 inches are still possible farther south – primarily in eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. Heaviest rains will be focused across eastern Maine from Downeast and Acadia through the Maine Highlands where 3-6 inches of rain is possible. Along coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island, winds will begin to subside by late Saturday into Sunday. The timing of Lee’s worst weather for New England will be from late Friday through the weekend. The expanding wind field as the hurricane transitions is expected to bring the threat for widespread coastal flooding and erosion as far south as Long Island.Ī storm surge watch is in effect for Cape Cod and Nantucket in Massachusetts for the threat of more serious life-threatening coastal flooding as Lee approaches.

Lee’s large circulation to bring widespread impactsĪlthough Lee will be transitioning to an extratropical storm on approach to New England, it won’t be any less dangerous. after making landfall in Florida.Ī hurricane watch and tropical storm watch are issued 48 hours ahead of the expected onset of tropical storm winds. The last time a tropical storm watch was issued for Massachusetts was on July 7, 2021, ahead of Elsa as it accelerated through the eastern U.S. (Iowa Environmental Mesonet/Iowa State University) The last hurricane watch was issued ahead of Hurricane Kyle on September 27, 2008. The closer you are to the center of it, she said, the more likely you are to experience stronger winds pushing more water on shore.Hurricane watches issued by year and month from the National Weather Service for Maine. 'But if you've got the onshore flow, you've got saturated ground from the rainfall and you've got rain not being able to flow out because you've got water being pushed inland, so you're going to have a exacerbated flooding situation.'īorowski said storm surge could be an issue from the Florida Keys all the way up to north of Tarpon Springs, but it just depends on the position of the storm. It'll drain out via the Hillsborough River and local waterways,' Borowski said. 'Normally it will seep into the water table. So areas at sea level right now, you're going to be under water.'īorowski said the storm surge will be compounded by rainfall, which could be up to a foot in some areas. 'So the sea level rise, you can think of it as a temporary rise of between 5 and 10 feet. 'You can really just picture it as a plow taking up all that water and pushing it inland,' Borowski said.

Megan Borowski, a meteorologist with the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network said the risk tied to storm surge needs to be taken seriously.

The map lets users toggle between a simulation of the various hurricane intensities, from a Category 1 to a Category 5. To help prepare residents for what they can expect, the National Hurricane Center has an interactive map that shows the impact storm surge can have along Florida's coast, as well as along the Eastern seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico to Texas. Dangerous winds and torrential downpours will not be the only concerns as Hurricane Ian continues to intensify on a track into the Gulf of Mexico and toward Florida.

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