

CBS Miami chief meteorologist and hurricane specialist Ivan Cabrera Lee said the storm system is expected to turn to the north and away from the southeastern U.S. Hurricane Lee is not forecast to impact Florida.
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East Coast Sunday and Monday and worsen through the week, the NHC said in an update Saturday morning. So, by no means should anyone on the East Coast (or in New England) write this storm off and put your guard down."ĭangerous surf and rip currents are expected to begin along most of the U.S. However, it adds, "This is a very long-range forecast and LOTS can and will change in the coming days. "At this time, most longer range models do NOT have Lee making landfall anywhere on the East Coast, including New England," CBS Boston reports. Meanwhile, the GFS, or American model, has Lee scraping Cape Cod, and then heading into the Canadian Maritimes.

The ECMWF, or European model, has Lee staying out to sea and not making a direct landfall, but coming very close to the U.S. As of Wednesday, the track was closer to the East Coast. Levi Cowan SeptemWill Hurricane Lee hit the Northeast?ĬBS New York reports the forecast models have been going back and forth on the track of the storm - at first, on Sunday night, they were suggesting a landfall in the Mid-Atlantic region, then on Monday, going out to sea. Hurricane #Lee went from having no eye this morning to possibly Cat 5 intensity this evening.

This is one of the most impressive rapid intensification episodes I've ever seen in the Atlantic. One would involve a cold front coming off the East Coast that could trap Lee and push it north against the coastline, bringing potentially stormy weather to areas along the coast. Parkinson laid out a few possible scenarios for Lee. Right now, it's too early to say whether Hurricane Lee will make landfall, or where it would hit if it does, forecasters said.ĬBS News senior weather and climate producer David Parkinson said Friday the chances of Lee hitting land were below 2% from New Jersey on south below 10% for Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts and below 20% for northern New England, adding that forecasters will have a much clearer picture of Lee's likely path by the middle of next week.
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The Leewards are a group of islands where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean, and include the Virgin Islands, St.
