Large ocean swells are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles by Friday, and then the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and Hispaniola by the weekend, the hurricane center said.
Wednesday and is expected to rapidly intensify starting later Thursday into an extremely dangerous major hurricane" by early Friday, the National Hurricane Center says.
Large ocean swells are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles by Friday and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and Hispaniola by the weekend, the hurricane center said. "These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," the agency reported. the extent of its potential impact might look like, but for now the Leeward Islands, where the Caribbean and Atlantic meet, should stay alert. Hurricane Lee's projected path. Sept. 6, 2023. Just before 5 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Lee was traveling west-northwest at 13 mph over the southern Atlantic Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
Earlier Wednesday. Lee's center was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph — a pickup of 15 mph in mere hours.
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