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5AM UPDATE: Let's hope this is the path Hurricane Lee actually takes

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Hurricane Lee Advisory Number 24

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132023

500 AM AST Mon Sep 11 2023

...LARGE LEE REMAINS A MAJOR HURRICANE...

...HAZARDOUS SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT BEACHES

ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC DURING THE WEEK...

SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...23.1N 62.6W

ABOUT 340 MI...545 KM N OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS

ABOUT 650 MI...1045 KM SSE OF BERMUDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.06 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lee was located

near latitude 23.1 North, longitude 62.6 West. Lee is moving toward

the northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h). A slow west-northwestward

motion is expected during the next couple of days, followed by a

gradual turn toward the north by midweek. On the forecast track,

Lee is expected to pass well north of the northern Leeward Islands,

the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico during the next day or two.

Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher

gusts. Lee is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane

Wind Scale. Some additional strengthening is forecast over the next

day or so, followed by gradual weakening.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 75 miles (120 km) from

the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185

miles (295 km).

The estimated minimum central pressure is 950 mb (28.06 inches).

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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Key messages for Lee can be found in the Tropical Cyclone Discussion

under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3 and WMO header WTNT43 KNHC and on the

web at hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT3.shtml

SURF: Swells generated by Lee are affecting portions of the Lesser

Antilles, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,

Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, and Bermuda.

These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip

current conditions. Dangerous surf and rip currents have begun to

affect portions of the southeastern U.S. coast, and these conditions

are forecast to spread northward along much of the U.S. East Coast

during the next couple of days. Please consult products from your

local weather office.


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