…Kyle to brush eastern New England…new watches and warnings issued…
Tropical Storm Kyle is just below hurricane strength this morning, with top winds of 70 mph. It should become a hurricane later today. The central pressure is 998 mb.
Kyle is 640 miles south of Cape Cod this morning.
It is moving a little left of north northwest at 15 mph. It is expected to turn north and north northeast, but the timing of that turn is critical. The official track carries the center just east of the easternmost border of Maine.
Any delay in the turn could give a direct impact to the Maine coast. Consequently, a hurricanr watch has been hoisted from Stonington to Eastport, Maine. A tropical storm watch is in effect west of Stonington to Cape Elizabeth. That includes Portland.
A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Bermuda, but the storm is about 300 miles west of Bermuda, well out of the tropical storm force winds.
Tropical storm force winds will brush Cape Cod starting around mid morning on Sunday. Tropical storm force winds wil begin to affect the eastern coast of Maine from about Bangor and east Sunday afternoon. Strong tropical storm force or even hurricane froce winds coud affect this area Sunday night.
Up to 6 inches of rain will affect eastern New England. Heavy rainfall over the Northeast today and Sunday will wreak havoc on some important Major League Baseball games in the northeast today and Sunday. This could have an impact on the final few playoff spots as the pennant races come to a close.
