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High-tide flooding disrupts local economic activity. Chronic and acute coastal flood risks to assets and communities in southeast Florida. What is nuisance flooding? Defining and monitoring an emerging challenge. Cumulative hazard: the case of nuisance flooding. Margot is slowly weakening and will wind down by early next week as it meanders over the east-central Atlantic.Moftakhari, H. South Florida in the clear despite continued Atlantic activity The weather in Bermuda will improve quickly on Friday as Lee pulls away. Starting early Thursday morning, tropical storm winds (wind greater than 38 mph) had already overspread Bermuda from Lee, which was centered over 250 miles southwest of the archipelago.Ĭonditions in Bermuda will deteriorate throughout the day on Thursday, though the worst of the hurricane, including the heaviest rainbands and hurricane force winds, should remain to the west. Bermuda already feeling tropical storm winds Highest tide on Saturday will occur from noon to 1 PM local and again around midnight for most coastal spots. Needless to say, the timing of the strongest onshore winds and storm surge with tidal cycles will greatly affect the extent of coastal flooding. The tidal range within the Bay of Fundy just northeast of Maine is nearly 40 feet between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This part of the country has some of the largest tidal swings not only in the country but in the world. The storm’s greatest impacts will be felt at the coast where strong winds, large waves, and dangerous seas will create hazardous marine conditions. (National Weather Service/Weather Prediction Center (WPC)) The greatest risk of heavy rainfall and flooding will occur across eastern portions of Maine from Lee. 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. Hurricane watches issued by year and month from the National Weather Service for Maine.