Important Takeaways:
- Hurricane Lee was rapidly strengthening on Thursday as it churned towards Caribbean islands with “life-threatening” conditions expected to develop in the coming days.
- “Rapid intensification is expected to begin later today, and Lee is forecast to become a major hurricane by early Friday,” NHC reported.
- Current projections show Hurricane Lee will not make landfall but pass north of the British Virgin Islands, which is still recovering from hurricanes Maria and Irma in September 2017.
- Lee is the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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Important Takeaways:
- Hurricane Lee forecast: Maps show where and when ‘extremely dangerous’ new storm is set to unleash devastation
- Tropical Storm Lee is expected to turn into an ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean by this weekend.
- Lee could become a major category 3 or stronger storm by Friday as it approaches the Caribbean, forecasters said.
- Last night, the storm was located some 1,230 miles east of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which include the Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, Antigua and Barbuda.
- But by Sunday evening, its winds could reach winds of 150 mph, the center added.
- It was forecast to strengthen into an ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane by Friday as it moves over very warm waters and passes just northeast of the Caribbean region, the center said.
- Preliminary forecasts are not predicting any landfall, although the center warned that ‘it is too early to determine exactly how close this system will be to the Leeward Islands.’
- Lee is the twelfth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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