Forecasters say it's too soon to project where Lee is headed, but for now the Leeward Islands, where the Caribbean and Atlantic meet, should stay alert.
Wednesday afternoon and is"expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday morning," the National Hurricane Center said. or what the extent of its potential impacts might look like, but for now, the Leeward Islands, where the Caribbean and Atlantic meet, should stay alert.
"Swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents across portions of the Lesser Antilles late this week," according to the hurricane center, which said swells generated by the storm will reach portions of that area on Friday. Lee could impact the northern Leeward Islands this weekend, the center said.
As of 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Lee was still traveling west-northwest at 14 mph over the southern Atlantic Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Its center was about 1,130 miles east of the northern Leewards.Earlier Wednesday. Lee's center was some 1,265 miles east-southeast of the northern Leewards moving west-northwest at 14 mph and packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph — a pickup of 15 mph in mere hours.
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