Here’s a close look at everything we know so far about Hurricane Lee and potential landfall in Maine and New England.
PORTLAND, Maine — Hurricane Lee remains a category two and it’s situated south and west of Bermuda. It’s moving very slowly to the north at 9 miles per hour. The hurricane is going to continue to weaken as it gets closer and closer to New England, getting zapped by the colder water. The National Hurricane Center has shifted the official track ever so slightly to the east with a landfall either on the western tip of Nova Scotia or heading into the Bay of Fundy. This has eased my impact concerns for a lot of us, at least temporarily. But at the moment, I feel better about what I’m seeing.
The National Weather Servicehas issued some tropical advisories preceding Lee. From Bangor down the coastline into Portland, there are Tropical Storm Watches. Along the Downeast coastline into our coastal waters, …