Watches issued!

- A Hurricane Watch has been issued for portions of down-east Maine from Stonington to the U.S./Canada border. - A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for a large area of coastal New England from Watch Hill, Rhode Island to Stonington, Maine, including Block Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. - A Storm Surge Watch has been issued for Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket, Massachusetts

STORM SURGE: The combination of storm surge and tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...

Chatham, MA to Sagamore Beach, MA...2-4 ft Cape Cod Bay...2-4 ft Nantucket...2-4 ft Sagamore Beach, MA to Border of US/Canada...1-3 ft Boston Harbor...1-3 ft Flushing, NY to Chatham, MA...1-3 ft Montauk Point, NY to Flushing, NY...1-3 ft Long Island Sound...1-3 ft Martha's Vineyard...1-3 ft Rockaway Inlet, NY to Montauk Point, NY...1-2 ft