Maine/Canada - Hurricane Lee, Sept 2023

[HmmMysterious]

...LEE NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE... ...RIP CURRENTS AND HAZARDOUS SURF WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN FRIDAY AND BEGIN AFFECTING THE MAINLAND U.S. BY SUNDAY...

5:00 PM AST Thu Sep 7
Location: 16.9°N 51.3°W
Moving: WNW at 15 mph
Min pressure: 953 mb
Max sustained: 130 mph

Lee is explosively strengthening- it was a Category 2 just last advisory

 

[Lexiintoronto]

...LEE NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE... ...RIP CURRENTS AND HAZARDOUS SURF WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN FRIDAY AND BEGIN AFFECTING THE MAINLAND U.S. BY SUNDAY...

5:00 PM AST Thu Sep 7
Location: 16.9°N 51.3°W
Moving: WNW at 15 mph
Min pressure: 953 mb
Max sustained: 130 mph

Lee is explosively strengthening- it was a Category 2 just last advisory

The all caps in those advisories literally make my hair stand on end!

 

[JerseyGirl]

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article279065259.html

As of Thursday afternoon, long-range models have been very consistent with predicting a northern turn for the storm, although they differ slightly in the timing. Most suggest that Lee could begin its turn in the middle of next week, with some calling for Tuesday and others turning the Category 4 monster shortly thereafter.

 

[HmmMysterious]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1699927007696765260

 

[HmmMysterious]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1699932528910475388

 

[Friday Fan]

LOCATION...17.3N 52.4W
ABOUT 705 MI...1135 KM E OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...260 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...928 MB...27.41 INCHES

Remnants of Chris Public Advisory

www.nhc.noaa.gov

Thank God, this is not going anywhere near land in the near future! If it doesn't go to NE North America, it will cause destruction in Greenland, Iceland and the UK.

 

[HmmMysterious]

Unbelievable 12H forecast for Lee from the NHC

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 08/0300Z 17.3N 52.4W 140 KT 160 MPH
12H 08/1200Z 18.1N 54.0W 155 KT 180 MPH
24H 09/0000Z 19.1N 56.1W 150 KT 175 MPH
36H 09/1200Z 20.1N 58.0W 145 KT 165 MPH
48H 10/0000Z 20.9N 59.6W 140 KT 160 MPH
60H 10/1200Z 21.5N 60.9W 135 KT 155 MPH
72H 11/0000Z 22.1N 62.2W 130 KT 150 MPH
96H 12/0000Z 23.2N 64.7W 125 KT 145 MPH
120H 13/0000Z 24.1N 66.6W 115 KT 130 MPH

 

[Friday Fan]

Unbelievable 12H forecast for Lee from the NHC

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 08/0300Z 17.3N 52.4W 140 KT 160 MPH
12H 08/1200Z 18.1N 54.0W 155 KT 180 MPH
24H 09/0000Z 19.1N 56.1W 150 KT 175 MPH
36H 09/1200Z 20.1N 58.0W 145 KT 165 MPH
48H 10/0000Z 20.9N 59.6W 140 KT 160 MPH
60H 10/1200Z 21.5N 60.9W 135 KT 155 MPH
72H 11/0000Z 22.1N 62.2W 130 KT 150 MPH
96H 12/0000Z 23.2N 64.7W 125 KT 145 MPH
120H 13/0000Z 24.1N 66.6W 115 KT 130 MPH

At least in 5 days it will be back down to a Cat 4. Crazy!

 

[HmmMysterious]

Category 5 Lee and TS Margot

 

[Friday Fan]

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Category 5 Lee and TS Margot

The eye is likely about 20 miles across and you can see if from space.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Praying Hurricane Lee remains a fish spinner. I hope he spins himself into oblivion.

Last night, I sent my cousin in Maine a heads up…. You know, it’s kind to share…. Ha!

I’m so over this hurricane season and we’re barely into Sept. Sigh.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Praying Hurricane Lee remains a fish spinner. I hope he spins himself into oblivion.

Last night, I sent my cousin in Maine a heads up…. You know, it’s kind to share…. Ha!

I’m so over this hurricane season and we’re barely into Sept. Sigh.

I live in FL, but am up in New England summers....
I've been talking to my friends back in FL, and there seem to be no worries... yet.
But jeez..... Already at level 5. I am watching very carefully... for FL and New England!!!!

ps. @PayrollNerd .... I know you are always on top of the Florida cases and I appreciate.
Dr Markel, and Jared Bridegan cases have me so full of "hope" for the victims.

 

[Irishknit]

Praying Hurricane Lee remains a fish spinner. I hope he spins himself into oblivion.

Last night, I sent my cousin in Maine a heads up…. You know, it’s kind to share…. Ha!

I’m so over this hurricane season and we’re barely into Sept. Sigh.

The "fish spinner" just cracks me up. I am central east coast FL so the term fits.

 

[JerseyGirl]

It’s been extremely hot here in New Jersey, hardly cooled going into September and I image the ocean waters are warmer than usual, probably all the way up to Canada.

Also:

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/08/1198384019/hurricane-lee-will-see-180-mph-winds-forecasters-say

The system has gained power passing over "record-warm waters of near [86 degrees Fahrenheit] east of the Lesser Antilles," the NHC said, adding that such warm waters are more likely to be found in the Gulf of Mexico, not the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[Vern]

We got nailed by FIONA here last year and now it looks like the most recent trajectory has LEE headed our way. I'm on the coast at the NB and Nova Scotia border ... it's 31 degrees and feels like 41 today. The water is beautiful and warm, warm, warm - much warmer than usual for my part of the Atlantic.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

We got nailed by FIONA here last year and now it looks like the most recent trajectory has LEE headed our way. I'm on the coast at the NB and Nova Scotia border ... it's 31 degrees and feels like 41 today. The water is beautiful and warm, warm, warm - much warmer than usual for my part of the Atlantic.

I’m on the bay in the Annapolis Royal area.

The bad sign for me is that all my hummingbirds & bluejays disappeared in the last two days. No crows making noise, just silence.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I’m on the bay in the Annapolis Royal area.

The bad sign for me is that all my hummingbirds & bluejays disappeared in the last two days. No crows making noise, just silence.

That is what happens here right before a hurricane moves thru. It gets too quiet. My neighbor feeds the birds but doesn't have a bird bath. I have 2 bird baths. The blue jays apparently have decided they don't need to dive bomb me now, since I'm their bath house. When I first put in my garden, they were pretty aggressive. After a storm moves thru, I know all is well when I hear chirping in the morning.

 

[Irishknit]

I’m on the bay in the Annapolis Royal area.

The bad sign for me is that all my hummingbirds & bluejays disappeared in the last two days. No crows making noise, just silence.

The little things that are noticed in the calm before the storm. Stay safe.

 

[Irishknit]

We got nailed by FIONA here last year and now it looks like the most recent trajectory has LEE headed our way. I'm on the coast at the NB and Nova Scotia border ... it's 31 degrees and feels like 41 today. The water is beautiful and warm, warm, warm - much warmer than usual for my part of the Atlantic.

I remember the pictures of your community, the great trees that fell, and destruction. I hope Lee just skips out to anything cooler ocean water to defuse.

 

[PayrollNerd]

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