MIAMI — Hurricane Lee whirled north of Puerto Rico on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would continue being in open up waters by means of this 7 days even though on a path to Atlantic Canada.
On Tuesday afternoon, the storm was found about 535 miles south of Bermuda. It had winds of up to 115 mph and was shifting west-northwest at 7 mph.
A tropical storm watch was issued for Bermuda, with Lee forecast to go just west of the island late Thursday, the Countrywide Hurricane Center claimed.
By Sunday, Lee was forecast to weaken into a tropical storm and likely make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, in accordance to AccuWeather.
“A considerable storm surge will take place alongside with the strongest winds and hazard of residence damage,” AccuWeather claimed in a statement.
Winds and flooding also are anticipated to affect Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and central and coastal Maine, forecasters mentioned.
Lee is anticipated to weaken in upcoming times as it enters cooler waters.
“Inspite of the weakening that is forecast, retain in intellect that the increasing wind industry of Lee will deliver impacts perfectly absent from the storm centre,” the hurricane heart claimed.
Lee was producing harmful surf and rip currents for the Lesser Antilles, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda and elements of the southeast U.S. coast. These problems ended up predicted to before long unfold to the U.S. East Coast.
“It continues to be way too soon to know what amount of added impacts Lee may possibly have along the northeastern U.S. coastline and Atlantic Canada late this week and this weekend,” the Nationwide Hurricane Middle stated.
Lee is the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane period, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and peaked on Sunday.
The Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast 14 to 21 named storms this year. Six to 11 of all those are predicted to fortify into hurricane, and of all those, two to 5 could establish into Classification 3 storms or larger.
