ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee flew with NOAA researchers to the center of Hurricane Lee to collect data on the storm.
Lee, now a Category 2 hurricane, is bringing big waves — up to 12 feet — to the entire East Coast.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Bermuda, where Lee will bring strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday.
By Friday, Lee will leave Bermuda and begin pounding New England, where a hurricane watch has been issued for Maine.
Strong winds of up to 60 mph could reach Cape Cod, Massachusetts by Friday night.
On Saturday, wind and rain will spread across the rest of New England. Wind gusts up to 60 mph are possible in Boston Saturday morning.
Heaviest rainfall — 1 to 3 inches — will be from Cape Cod to Bar Harbor, Maine.
Landslides are expected Saturday night in Canada, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, near the Maine border. By then Lee will have weakened to an extra tropical storm system, but strong winds will continue into Maine and Canada into Sunday morning.
-ABC News’ Max Columbo
Hurricane Lee has an increasing chance of bringing wind, rain and flooding to coastal New England on Friday and into the weekend.
Lee is still forecast to be at hurricane-strength by the time it passes east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday morning.
Lee can bring strong, gusty winds from Rhode Island to Boston to Maine. Heavy rain, wind and storm surge will be expected Friday night into Saturday from Cape Cod to Bar Harbor, Maine.
Storm surges of up to 4 feet are possible on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Tornado conditions are possible in eastern Maine.
By early Sunday morning, Lee could make landfall as a post-tropical storm between coastal Maine and Nova Scotia. Then Lee will go to sea.
