Tropical Storm Watch For Cape And Islands As Hurricane Dorian Moves North
BOSTON (CBS) – As Hurricane Dorian pushes up the East Coast a Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for Cape Cod and the Islands.
The National Weather Service issued the watch Thursday expecting strong winds and heavy rain to have an impact on the region late Friday night and early Saturday morning. What's left of Dorian won't make a direct impact but it is expected to be about 150 miles south of Nantucket then.
A tropical storm watch means tropical storm force winds are possible within the next 48 hours.
Our strongest wind gusts from #Dorian come Saturday AM to afternoon (from the NE then N respectively) as she makes its closet pass to New England. Tropical storm force gusts possilbe on Cape Cod may result in some pockets of outages #WBZ pic.twitter.com/8aQWwiE89V
— Danielle Noyes (Niles) (@danielle_noyes) September 5, 2019
According to WBZ-TV meteorologist Danielle Niles, 2-to-4 inches of rain could fall on the Cape and Islands Friday into Saturday. The amounts will taper off dramatically from the north and west.
The storm will have a major impact on ferries to the Vineyard and Nantucket, according to the Steamship Authority.
Hy-Line Cruises told WBZ-TV Thursday it is taking a wait-and-see approach on ferry schedules until the storm moves closer.