Weather warnings issued across N.S., N.B. as Hurricane Lee set to strike
Hurricane Lee has begun transitioning to a post-tropical storm as it makes its way toward Canada’s East Coast — but one meteorologist warns it’s still expected to pack a punch.
Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said as Lee approaches the coastline, it should be “very close to hurricane strength.”
“A lot of people have a misconception that a post-tropical storm is somehow a lesser storm,” he told reporters during a news conference Friday afternoon.
Robichaud said the post-tropical designation means the structure of the storm will be different, but it “says nothing about the intensity.”
“It will still be a large storm, very near hurricane strength at the time,” he said. “Whether it’s tropical or post-tropical prior to arriving here, the designation is not really important right now.”
The centre of the storm is expected to land in southwestern Nova Scotia Saturday afternoon, but Robichaud said the impacts will be felt in the Yarmouth area “way before that.”
“So the time to prepare certainly is today,” he said. “Tomorrow will be too late.”
As well, due to the large size of the storm, Lee’s impacts will be felt “a great distance beyond where the centre actually tracks,” Robichaud said.
You can see the dry air getting entrained into the south side of hurricane Lee as it transitions from tropical to post tropical. pic.twitter.com/fOUH0jzajY
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Rain, wind and storm surge will be seen throughout the region into Saturday night, with gusty winds lingering in some areas well into Sunday as Lee makes its way toward Newfoundland.
Robichaud said the worst of
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