

How do hurricanes get their names? A look at the naming process and 2023's full list of stormsĪccording to the hurricane center, Lee is expected to make landfall in southeastern Canada on Saturday.ĬBS Boston meteorologists reported Friday with "high confidence" that the center of Lee is expected to pass about 200 miles east of southern New England Saturday morning, likely as a minimal Category 1 hurricane, transitioning to an extra-tropical, nor'easter-type storm."Lee is then expected to turn toward the northeast and move across Atlantic Canada tonight and Sunday."Ī hurricane watch is in effect for parts of southeastern Canada.Ī tropical storm warning was in effect from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, north to the U.S.-Canada border and parts of southeastern Canada. "The center of Lee is forecast to make landfall in Atlantic Canada later this afternoon," the hurricane center wrote. A map from the National Hurricane Center shows the probable path for the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee as of 2 p.m. The center of the storm was about 80 miles south-southeast of Eastport, Maine, and about 150 miles west-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, according to the hurricane center. Hurricane-force winds were extending up to 140 miles from the center of Lee and tropical-storm-force winds were extending up to 390 miles from the center.
