With a top wind speed of 75 mph (120 kph) Saturday morning, Henri sped up slightly to move north-northeast at 14 mph (23 kph). Ned Lamont warned Connecticut residents they should prepare to “shelter in place” from Sunday afternoon through at least Monday morning as the state braces for the first possible direct hit from a hurricane in decades.
“We don’t want people to be stuck in traffic on the Cape Cod bridges when the storm is in full force on Sunday,” he said. Charlie Baker urged people vacationing on the Cape to leave well before Henri hits, and those who planned to start vacations there to delay their plans. Regardless of its exact landfall, broad impacts were expected across a large swath of the Northeast, extending inland to Hartford, Connecticut, and Albany, New York, and eastward to Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists. Rainfall through Tuesday will be heaviest west of the coastline. The areas that receive heavy rain will ultimately see some serious flooding - perhaps major or catastrophic in nature.Īs the storm gets closer will be able to nail down a better placement of that heavy rain. This means that the area of heaviest rain could be anywhere from eastern New York all the way into central Massachusetts. The forecast track of the storm continues to wobble slightly. The official track of Henri could move east during the day Saturday.
The upgrade in status came with the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Weather Resourcesįorecasters said Henri was expected to remain at or near hurricane strength when it makes landfall mid-afternoon Sunday, which the hurricane center said could be on New York’s Long Island or in southern New England - most likely Connecticut. advisory Saturday upgrading the tropical storm to hurricane status as it continues to move northward up to the Northeast region.
The National Hurricane Center issued an 11 a.m. (NOAA via AP) This article is more than 1 year old. Impacts could be felt in New England states by Sunday, including on Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists.
Henri was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday, the U.S. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean. This OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug.