Hurricane Lee was a category 1 hurricane as it traveled north through the eastern Gulf of Maine early on Saturday, September 16th, before it was reclassified as Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee during the morning hours. The storm center eventually made landfall near Long Island, Nova Scotia on the evening of September 16th and then again in New Brunswick later on Saturday night. Lee brought numerous wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph across the coastal waters along with large long period swells.

Marine Tropical Storm in PENOBSCOT BAY, ATLANTIC NORTH
From 16-SEP-23 08:00:00 to 16-SEP-23 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Buoy

As Post-Tropical Lee traveled east of the coastal waters, strong northerly offshore winds impacted the coastal waters.  The Penobscot Bay Buoy had a sustained wind of 37kts with a peak gust of 49kts.  Two wave sets from the offshore locally generate waves battled the long period swell set from the southeast direction.  This led to choppy waters and a peak wave height of 7.7ft.

Marine Tropical Storm in CASCO BAY, ATLANTIC NORTH
From 16-SEP-23 08:00:00 to 16-SEP-23 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Buoy

As Post-Tropical Lee traveled east of the coastal waters, strong northerly offshore winds impacted the coastal waters.  The Casco Bay Buoy had a sustained wind of 33kts with a peak gust of 47kts.  Two wave sets from the offshore locally generate waves battled the long period swell set from the southeast direction.  This led to choppy waters and a peak wave height around 11ft.

Marine Tropical Storm in CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM, ATLANTIC NORTH
From 16-SEP-23 08:00:00 to 16-SEP-23 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Buoy

As Post-Tropical Lee traveled east of the coastal waters, strong northerly offshore winds impacted the coastal waters.  The Western Maine Shelf Buoy had a sustained wind of 27kts with a peak gust of 35kts.  Two wave sets from the offshore locally generate waves battled the long period swell set from the southeast direction.  This led to choppy waters and a peak wave height around 11.6ft.

Marine Tropical Storm in STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT 25 NM, ATLANTIC NORTH
From 16-SEP-23 08:00:00 to 16-SEP-23 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Buoy

As Post-Tropical Lee traveled east of the coastal waters, strong northerly offshore winds impacted the coastal waters.  The Central Maine Shelf Buoy had a sustained wind of35kts with a peak gust of 45kts.  Two wave sets from the offshore locally generate waves battled the long period swell set from the southeast direction.  This led to choppy waters and a peak wave height around 8ft.

Marine Tropical Storm in PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT 25 NM, ATLANTIC NORTH
From 16-SEP-23 08:00:00 to 16-SEP-23 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Buoy

As Post-Tropical Lee traveled east of the coastal waters, strong northerly offshore winds impacted the coastal waters.  The Casco Bay Buoy had a sustained wind of 35kts with a peak gust of 45kts.  Two wave sets from the offshore locally generate waves battled the long period swell set from the southeast direction.  This led to choppy waters and a peak wave height around 8ft.