It took just 24 hours for Lee's maximum sustained winds to rocket from 80 mph to 160 mph. But that was yesterday — now the hurricane is getting even stronger.
The fearsome storm is expected to keep adding power on Friday, before starting to ramp down its gaudy windspeeds a bit late Saturday and early Sunday. Still, it's expected to solidly remain a major storm through the coming five days.
Up to this point, Lee has been relatively small, compared to its power. But the storm is expected to get larger over the weekend and into early next week — extending the threat of its dangerous ocean swells. While its winds are exceptionally fast, the storm is predicted to slow its movement over the water to a near crawl. As of Friday morning, Lee was moving west-northwest at close to 14 mph, but the NHC predicts"a significant decrease in forward speed."
For people monitoring Lee from the Bahamas to the East Coast — and trying to guess when the slowing storm might pivot to the north — the coming days might feel like watching a soccer player stutter-step as they prepare to take a penalty kick. As of now, the NHC'sA satellite image shows Hurricane Lee just before daybreak Friday, with the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico to the west.
"It is way too soon to know what level of impacts, if any, Lee might have along the U.S. East Coast, Atlantic Canada, or Bermuda late next week, particularly since the hurricane is expected to slow down considerably over the southwestern Atlantic," the
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