Hurricane Nigel expected to ‘rapidly intensify’ and become major storm by Tuesday: Latest tracker

Hurricane Nigel is forecast to ‘rapidly intensify’ to become a Category 3 hurricane

Hurricane Nigel to rapidly intensify

Hurricane Nigel has strengthened slightly overnight and is set to intensify further, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Nigel, the sixth hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean this season, developed into a Category 1 storm yesterday and was forecast to “rapidly intensify” to become a Category 3 hurricane.

At the moment, Nigel has sustained winds of 80mph (130kph) but forecasters in the National Weather Service (NWS) and National Hurricane Center expect the storm to have sustained winds of at least 111mph as it grows.

Nigel was located approximately about 875miles (1,410km) east-southeast of Bermuda and was moving northwest at a speed of 12mph (19kph).

The hurricane is not expected to make landfall and no warnings or watches have been issued.

As of now, the National Hurricane Center predicts Nigel will veer off right into the open Atlantic Ocean by Wednesday morning.

Nigel developed shortly after Hurricane Lee landed in Nova Scotia as a post-tropical storm.

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[17 September 2023 15:00 · Kelly Rissman]

“Gusty Winds” in Atlantic Canada as Lee rages on

An 8am advisory from the National Hurricane Center located the storm as about 70 miles from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with winds whipping at 45mph.

A faster “northeastward motion is expected over the next couple of days, taking Lee over Newfoundland this afternoon and over the Atlantic waters by early Monday,” according to the hurricane center.

The storm is expected to gradually weaken over the next couple of days, and “Lee could dissipate on Tuesday.”

[17 September 2023 15:30 · Kelly Rissman]

A look at the life cycle of Lee

[17 September 2023 16:00 · Kelly Rissman]

National Hurricane Center’s Watches and Warnings in Effect:

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

• Nova Scotia from Lismore eastward to Point Aconi and southwestward to east of Porters Lake
• Prince Edward Island from Savage Harbor eastward to east of Wood Islands
• Magdalen Islands

[17 September 2023 16:30 · Kelly Rissman]

Power outages in Maine

A large chunk of the state’s residents — 42,000 to be exact — are without power as of Sunday morning, according to Poweroutage.us. That number is down from yesterday when nearly 60,000 locals had reported outages.

Power outages across the US in the wake of Lee ( Poweroutage.us)

[17 September 2023 17:00 · Kelly Rissman]

National Hurricane Center issues last advisory

All tropical storm warnings for Canada are discontinued, the hurricane center wrote.

As of 11am, Lee is 135 miles from Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, with winds moving at 45mph. The storm is expected to head over Newfoundland later today and over the Atlantic waters by early Monday, the center wrote.

Wind gusts up to “near gale force” are still possible over portions of Atlantic Canada today, the National Hurricane Center wrote.

[17 September 2023 17:30 · Kelly Rissman]

Thousands are without power in Nova Scotia, as workers try to restore it as soon as possible

[17 September 2023 18:00 · Kelly Rissman]

Meteorologist captures Lee’s effects in Nova Scotia

[17 September 2023 18:30 · Kelly Rissman]

Canada’s hurricane center forecasts Lee’s path

Environment Canada Hurricane Center tracks Lee’s path (Environment Canada Hurricane Center)

[17 September 2023 19:00 · Kelly Rissman]

Post-tropical cyclone Lee has taken at least one life

A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, was killed after the gusts caused a large tree limb to topple onto his vehicle on Saturday on US Highway 1.

The tree limb also brought down live power lines, meaning utility workers had to cut power before the man could be removed, police chief Brian Lunt said. The 51-year-old later died at a hospital, the chief said.

Read more on the aftermath of the storm here.

[17 September 2023 19:30 · Kelly Rissman]

Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party offers support for those affected by Lee