Tropical Storm Lee has grown in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the week.
For several days, forecasters followed Invest 95L as it travelled through the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Tuesday morning saw it elevated to Tropical Depression Thirteen, and by Tuesday afternoon it had developed into Tropical Storm Lee.
When a cyclone’s maximum sustained winds reach 39 mph or more, it is classified as a tropical storm.
What is Tropical Storm Lee's location.
The Lesser Antilles are located around 1,200 miles to the east of Tropical Storm Lee, which has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. With a speed of 16 mph, the system is heading west-northwest.
What is the tropical storm Lee forecast?
In the upcoming days, Tropical Storm Lee is predicted to continue northwest and finally enter the eastern Caribbean Sea.
The National Hurricane Centre stated Tuesday night that “Tropical Storm Lee (is) expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend.”
By early Thursday, Lee is predicted to be a hurricane, and by Friday afternoon, a major storm. Winds may be as strong as Category 4 by Saturday.
The NHC forecasts stated that “the atmospheric and oceanic conditions appear to be extremely favourable for rapid intensification (RI) during the next few days.”
Will Lee affect the US East Coast in any way?
It is too soon to predict whether Lee will affect the U.S. East Coast because the hurricane is so far away from the country.
The FOX Forecast Centre will keep an eye on Lee and notify viewers if anything changes.
Tuesday night, the National Hurricane Centre reported that Tropical Storm Lee had developed in the Atlantic and was on track to intensify into a hurricane by Wednesday.
Between Western Africa and the Windward Islands, Tropical Storm Lee formed. The hurricane centre reports that it was 1,230 miles east of the Lesser Antilles on Tuesday night and was heading west-northwest at 16 mph.
Its peak wind speed is a constant 50 miles per hour. The hurricane centre predicts that by the weekend, Lee would “rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane.” It is expected to develop into a hurricane by Wednesday night and a “major hurricane” by Friday.
A hurricane has winds of 74 mph or more, according to the National Weather Service, while a tropical storm has maximum sustained winds between 39 and 73 mph.
This occurs only a few days after Hurricane Idalia devastated the Southeast. When the hurricane hit Florida, it uprooted power lines and destroyed homes. Following Georgia, it crashed into the state, flooding several South Carolina beaches and spilling seawater into Charleston’s downtown streets. In Whiteville, North Carolina, more than nine inches of rain poured, flooding the city’s downtown structures.
Idalia killed at least two persons, one in Georgia and one in Florida. According to Moody’s Analytics, the harm and lost economic activity caused by Idalia are expected to total between $12 and $20 billion.
Before the hurricane makes landfall in North America, there are now far too many uncertainties and variables that could change. The Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico will likely be to the storm’s north as it moves west-northwest. Large storm is expected to travel west before turning north and then northeast. The only enigma is precisely when that transition will occur. Even if this storm misses the United States’ East Coast entirely next week, it is predicted to produce strong waves and rip currents there.
By the end of the week, Tropical Storm Lee, which has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to intensify into a major hurricane.
Invest 95L was being followed by forecasters as it travelled over the open seas of the Atlantic Ocean for many days. Tropical Depression Thirteen was given the designation on Tuesday morning, while Tropical Storm Lee was given the designation on Tuesday afternoon.
When the highest sustained winds of a cyclone reach at least 39 mph, it is classified as a tropical storm.
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