The National Hurricane Center issued an “extremely bullish” forecast for the new system, which is expected to avoid the U.S., based on steering currents.
Tropical Storm Lee is expected to rapidly intensify into an “extremely dangerous” hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday morning, as the season approaches its typical early September peak.
The National Hurricane Center said Lee formed over the central tropical Atlantic about 900 miles west-southwest of Cape Verde. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph with higher gusts.
Lee quickly strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday and was expected to intensify into a dangerous Category 4 storm over the next few days, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Lee is "expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend," according to the National Hurricane Center.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico >> Tropical Storm Lee strengthened into a hurricane today as it churned through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it churns through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbean. The
The national hurricane center in Miami is forecasting the tropical system Lee to become a hurricane on Wednesday as it moves westward toward the Leeward Islands. The hurricane is expected to rapidly intensify in the warm, open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, classified as the Main Development Region f…
Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves over a record-warm Atlantic, with 75 mph sustained winds, according to a 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Lee continues to gain strength as it churns west in the Atlantic Ocean, forecast to reach at least Category 4 strength by the weekend as it brushes past the northern Leeward Islands.
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