00:00 The waves are getting bigger and bigger here on Peggy's Cove just on the southern side of Nova Scotia
00:05 just to the south of Halifax
00:07 And this is all ahead of Hurricane Lee that now has maximum sustained winds of 80 miles an hour and these breakers are coming in sets
00:13 High tide is at about 9 30 p.m.
00:16 And we expect these waves to continue increasing in size overnight tonight through tomorrow
00:20 Possibly some of the breakers could even be spraying the lighthouse here right on Peggy's Cove
00:25 And this is an area that was impacted by a hurricane last year as well Hurricane Fiona big winds as well
00:31 It looks like Hurricane Lee might be a little bit weaker than that storm and it's undergoing an extra tropical transition
00:37 Which means that its wind field is expanding dramatically
00:40 So very different than recent hurricanes like Hurricane Adalia or Hurricane Ian where you have an inner eye wall and the storm surge is focused
00:48 Right along that inner eye wall almost like a tsunami like phenomenon
00:51 This one's likely going to be removed from the center a little bit and the stronger winds are going to be removed from the center
00:56 As well, but the onshore flow is expected to increase tomorrow morning
01:00 And it looks like the center is going to be coming very close to the Yarmouth area
01:03 and it's possible that there could be a four to six foot storm surge there with waves on top of that and then as the
01:09 Cyclone passes the winds are going to shift to a westerly direction and that's going to send a tidal bore
01:14 Right up the Bay of Fundy and that's an area that gets some of the largest tides
01:17 Anywhere in the world and it looks like there could be a storm surge as well along the periphery of the Bay of Fundy
01:23 After tropical cyclone Lee passes to the north
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