As of 8 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, Lee was about 185 miles west of Bermuda and 640 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, moving north at 15 mph,
Though Lee is expected to start gradually weakening Friday night, Lee will remain large and powerful, forecasters said. Hurricane Lee’s wind field had expanded Thursday, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 105 miles from Lee’s center and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 345 miles as Thursday night.
Forecasters expect 1 to 4 inches of rain across portions of eastern New England into New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with the potential for localized urban flooding and flooding in streams. Bermuda could see up to 2 inches of rain into Friday. Last week, Lee went through exceptionally rapid intensification, vaulting from a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph early on Sept. 7Lee will be traversing much cooler sea-surface temperatures by Friday night, which will begin to weaken the storm, forecasters said.
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