🌀 Here's what to watch on the hurricane tracking toward Maine.
◉ Hurricane Lee took a turn toward Maine overnight, with our media partners at CBS News 13 putting the Down East region in the projected path of the storm. Large model shifts are getting less likely with three days until landfall.
◉ That brings high chances of heavy wind and rain from the coast to inland areas. They will likely be worst in Down East Maine and along the midcoast. Eastport has a 50 percent chance of tropical storm-force winds over 39 mph, according to National Weather Service data as of this morning. In Augusta, the chances are up to 25 percent, highlighting wide potential effects.
◉ Central Maine Power Co. says its meteorlogists are closely following the storm and promised updates on preparations by the end of the day. The company is facing a high-stakes election in November, with Question 3 looking to put an elected board in charge of the state's electric system. It means that any large outage event is also a high-wire political act for the big utilities.
◉ A storm directly hitting Maine like this is a rare occurrence. The last one like it was roughly 30 years ago, when Hurricane Bob slammed into Rockland and brought winds above 90 mph to the midcoast. Lee is looking weaker for now, but all indications are that this will be a major storm. |
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