IN OUR AREA - SURFERS WERE OUT ENJOYING THE WAVES. OUR MILES HOOD SPOKE WITH A FEW DOWN AT HIGGINS BEACH IN SCARBOROUGH. HE JOINS US LIVE IN KENNEBUNK NOW AND MILES - HOW'S THE SURF THERE? HEY MEGHAN THE SURFERS ARE GONE NOW BUT LET ME TELL YOU THEY WERE HITTING THE WAVES WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. HURRICANE LEE IS STILL OVER 400 MILES OFF THE COAST OF MAINE BUT THE EFFECTS OF IT WERE FELT TODAY AS WAVES REACHED AROUND 5 FEET, BRINGING TONS OF SURFERS AND BEACH GOERS TO SHORES OF HIGGINS IN SCARBOROUGH 00;01;29;21- 00;01;34;19 . WAVES ARE STARTING TO GET BIGGER AND, UH. YEAH, STARTING TO GET A LITTLE. A LITTLE GNARLY. 00;01;59;22- 00;02;06;03 I KNEW IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT TOO BAD. AND I JUST HAD TO GET OUT AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. SURFERS TOLD ME IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE CHOICE DAY--DESPITE THE DANGERS OF A RIP CURRENT WARNING AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY SOME EVEN DROVE DOWN FROM CANADA TO TASTE THE SEA WATER 00;04;37;29- 00;04;43;25 "IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. THE SIZE IS GOOD. WHAT IS A LITTLE COLD? THE IT'S REALLY FUN OUT THERE. YEAH." 00;04;55;07- 00;05;06;16 "USUALLY IT'S NOT THAT BIG IN. IN THE MAIN. YEAH, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S. IT'S KIND OF BIG. IT'S BIG DEAL. SO WE CAME DOWN FROM QUEBEC FOR SURFING THESE WAVES. " WHILE THEY WERE HANGING 10 TODAY- - PLENTY WE SPOKE TO SAID THIS WOULD BE IT, KNOWING HOW DANGEROUS TOMMOROWS WATERS ARE GOING TO BE. WITH WAVES FORCASTED TO BE 13 TO 16 FEET AND WINDS ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 35 MPH!! MANY OF THE SURFERS WE SPOKE TO SAID TOMMROW IS A DEFINITE NO-GO. <00;09;10;28-00;09;14;14> "OH, NO, NOT TOMORROW. TOMORROW? I GOTTA MAKE SURE NO TREE FALL IN MY HOUSE." <BUTT TO> <00;02;06;16-00;02;09;29> "ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO AT ALL THIS WEEKEND AT ALL OR..DEFINITELY NOT TOMORROW. YEAH." WITH DANGEORUS CONDITIONS FORCASTED FOR THIS WEEKEND ACROSS. YOU MAY WANT WAIT TI