HALIFAX — Hurricane Lee is expected to lash parts of the Maritimes with strong winds and heavy rain this weekend, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre says much of its strength will be sapped by cooler sea-surface temperatures as it moves north.
By early Tuesday afternoon, the Category 3 hurricane was about 900 kilometres south of Bermuda, churning out winds at 185 kilometres per hour. The slow-moving storm was forecast to make a turn to the north on Wednesday and then accelerate toward Canada.
Though Lee could enter Canadian waters as a hurricane, it is expected to transition to a post-tropical storm as is moves northward. Hubbard said the storm is expected to be considerably weaker than Fiona, which roared across Atlantic Canada almost a year ago, causing widespread damage and killing two people. Still, Lee could dump between 50 to 100 millimetres of rain on some areas, he said, adding that the heaviest rain typically falls on the left side of the storm's track.
As a result, Lee is not expected to produce hurricane-strength winds, which are above 119 km/h, once it reaches the Atlantic region.But that doesn't mean the region's residents should relax. The storm will expand during its transition, and its heavy rain and gusts could still do damage.
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