Several steering factors at the surface and upper levels of the atmosphere will determine how close Lee will get to the East Coast. How close will Hurricane Lee get to the US?

Here’s what will steer the storm and two potential scenarios meteorologists are watching for how the US threat could play out. But exactly when that turn occurs and how far west Lee will manage to track by then will play a huge role in how close it gets to the US.

The forecast track shows the storm turning to the north over the central Atlantic early next week, but it is not expected to threaten any land areas as of Thursday.Ĭomputer model trends for Lee have shown the hurricane taking a turn to the north early next week. Margot currently has winds of 40 mph and steady strengthening is expected – the center is forecasting Margot to become a hurricane over the weekend. Tropical storm conditions, life-threatening surf and rip currents could occur on some of these islands over the weekend.Īlso Thursday, a tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic strengthened into Tropical Storm Margot, just a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, the center said. There is increasing confidence that the center of Lee will pass to the north of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend and into early next week.

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