Hurricane Lee’s path and timeline: Meteorologists project when and where the storm will hit

Hurricane Lee continues churning northward on a path that’s likely to threaten the New England coast this weekend, after weakening to a Category 1 storm on Thursday. Watches and warnings have been issued for coastal areas from Rhode Island and Massachusetts up through Maine.

Lee’s effects were already being felt along the southeast U.S. coastline, and forecasters said Lee would make its presence felt with “hazardous surf and rip current conditions” at beaches along the western Atlantic all week.

Lee rapidly intensified over the Atlantic Ocean’s very warm waters late last week, swelling into a powerful Category 5 hurricane before its wind speeds started to decline. 

Where is Hurricane Lee heading?

As of 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Lee was a Category 1…