It's no Fiona, but 'Lee is no joke,' says CBC meteorologist
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Hurricane Lee, which will likely be downgraded to a tropical low as it hits the Maritimes this weekend, is not expected to bring anything like the devastation Fiona did last year but will still be a significant storm, says CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin.
"This is not going to be Fiona but Lee is no joke. It is going to bring a lot of rain and some gusty wind conditions," Simpkin said early Wednesday.
"I think I would hunker down this weekend."
Lee is now a Category 3 hurricane south of Bermuda and north of Puerto Rico. It will weaken significantly by the time it reaches P.E.I. It will still, however, make a mess of this weekend's weather.
Islanders can expect the rain to start Saturday morning. By that afternoon, heavy bands of rain are forecast to start rolling through. That will persist about 12 hours, accompanied for six to eight hours by wind gusts of 70 to 90 kilometres per hour.
Fiona brought wind gusts of more than 130 km/h.
Rain and wind from Lee will persist into Sunday.
There is still uncertainty about exactly how Lee will affect the Island, Simpkin said.
"The track of Lee … could change between now and Friday," she said. "Even if it meanders 50 kilometres west or east, that makes a huge difference in wind direction and what we can expect."
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