Hurricane Lee , Expected to Be Upgraded , to Dangerous Category 4 Storm.
NBC reports that forecasters have warned that Hurricane Lee is expected to "rapidly intensify" in the Atlantic ocean.
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Lee was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane on September 6.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm system will likely become an "extremely dangerous major hurricane" by September 8.
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As of early September 7, the storm was about 965 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Weather Service.
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The public advisory warned of sustained winds up to 80 miles per hour.
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NBC reports that once Lee is upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, it has the potential to bring wind gusts up to 155 miles per hour.
The weather service warned that while there is currently no direct threat of landfall, the storm is expected to create large swells in the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
NBC reports that the storm system is currently moving west at about 13 miles per hour.
Lee is expected to continue in the west-northwest direction with a gradual reduction in forward speed.
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According to NBC, most tropical storm models have the hurricane's long-term track curving north, potentially bringing it closer to Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast.
According to NBC, most tropical storm models have the hurricane's long-term track curving north, potentially bringing it closer to Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast
