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September 8, 2006

Tropical Storm could kick up surf here by Sunday

Tropical Storm Florence is moving west-northwest, and conditions appear favorable for the storm to intensify during the next day or two and affect our region early next week.

The storm was about 830 miles southeast of Bermuda at 5 a.m. today and is expected to pass well east of Nantucket next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Nevertheless, the storm could send high swells late Sunday and into next week across coastal waters, including Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, Boston Harbor and Cape Cod Bay.

Northeast winds could increase to gale force for a time early next week, when high pressure building out of eastern Canada on Sunday combines with the large circulation ahead of Florence, according to the weather service.

Check the weather service’s marine weather statement out of Taunton, Mass., and track Tropical Storm Florence.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 7:38 AM | Permalink

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