We've been talking about Dorian for over a week and now it's finally moving up the East Coast.
Dorian will depart the Outer Banks of North Carolina later today and then into the Atlantic, the core missing New England.
Although the core stays well to our south, we'll still see some impacts, mostly along our coastline.
Waves will be large, in some case approaching 10 feet. If you are thinking of checking the breakers out, please be super careful. Stay off the rocks, rogue waves can sweep you off. There's also a Tropical Storm Warning for winds over 40 mph off of Downeast Maine. It's probably best for fishing fleets and pleasure boaters to stay in port until at least Sunday.
The first showers will roll into Southern Maine around midnight, but it will be steadiest and wettest tomorrow morning as Dorian's rain shield works into the coastal plain.
The heaviest rain will fall over Downeast areas tomorrow afternoon. Some of the amounts may get impressive, close to, or and over, two inches. Drainage flooding is a concern in Washington County.
The core of Dorian will travel about 150 miles to our south and east...pretty far away. Nonetheless, the wind field will spread out and stiff breezes out of the northeast will set up along the coastline. I'm a little concerned for coastal Washington and Hancock Counties, there may be gusts topping 40 mph. In the Winter that's no big deal, but all the leaves are still on the trees and if peak gusts get any higher than that, power outages will be possible.
Bigger problems are expected for our friends over in Nova Scotia, sadly it looks like a lot of tree damage and numerous power outages from Dorian.
Stay with us for any adjustments or updates.
Todd