Read, which advances this Friday on western atlantic As a major hurricane, it has been downgraded to a Category 4, but is still a “powerful” system that threatens beaches and coastal areas in lesser antillesreported the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC).
According to the latest NHC report, the hurricane was located approximately 910 kilometers east of the Leeward Islands (Lesser Antilles archipelago).
Maximum sustained winds are near 150 miles per hour with higher gusts, making Lee a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a total of 5.
Its forward speed is 20 kilometers per hour as it moves toward the northwestern Atlantic, and this motion is expected to continue until early next week “with a significant decrease in forward speed,” the observatory said.
On the forecast track, he states, Lee is expected to pass “well north” of Northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico throughout this weekend and into the early hours of next week.
There are likely to be some fluctuations in intensity over the next few days. However, warns the NHC, which is based in Miami, Florida, Lee is expected to stay “severe hurricane” until the beginning of next week.
Waves generated by Lee are expected to reach parts of the Lesser Antilles later today, reaching British and US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas and Bermuda this weekend.
Lee reached Category 5 in the last few hours with winds that could reach a maximum speed of 257 kilometers per hour.
Hurricane force winds extend up to 55 kilometers from the center, while tropical storm force winds extend up to 220 kilometers from the center.
Hazardous conditions are expected to develop in beach areas around the western Atlantic by early next week.
On its part, tropical storm Margot, It is also in Atlantic waters and is expected to strengthen over the next few days.
At 15:00 GMT, its center was located about 930 kilometers west of Cape Verde, with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour as it moved northwest into the Atlantic.
There are currently no coastal watches or warnings in effect for this system, the NHC reported.
Source: Panama America
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