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Leslie is at present making its method throughout the Atlantic, and has now strengthened right into a Category 1 hurricane, although there aren’t any hazards affecting land.
Per an advisory shared at 4 a.m. EST on Saturday morning by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Leslie is at present transferring towards the west-northwest at a pace of seven m.p.h. and is about to extend pace in a northwest route through the night time. This is anticipated to proceed by way of Tuesday.
The storm’s most wind speeds have elevated barely since Friday to 80 m.p.h., and the NHC has acknowledged that although the storm could strengthen some by way of Saturday, it’s anticipated to weaken on Sunday.
The storm shaped within the Atlantic on Wednesday, however strengthened right into a Category 1 hurricane on Friday.
There aren’t any coastal watches or warnings in impact.
Leslie, the twelfth storm shaped within the Atlantic in 2024, isn’t far behind Hurricane Kirk throughout an unexpectedly busy hurricane season, on the heels of the devastating results of Hurricane Helene.
Read More: Here’s What You Need to Know About Hurricane Kirk’s Expected Path
Kirk, which at present churns as a Category 3 hurricane, is inflicting storm swells that are affecting the Leeward Islands, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles. Per the NHC, “these swells are anticipated to unfold westward to the east coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada, and the Bahamas Saturday night time and Sunday, and to the Azores on Monday.”
The NHC can be monitoring a disturbance over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, which it states is very more likely to develop right into a tropical melancholy or tropical storm, in line with an advisory shared on Saturday morning. The NHC places the possibilities of formation all through the subsequent two days at 70 p.c, and over the subsequent week at 90 p.c.
This disturbance may have an effect on the Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, the Florida Keys, and the northwestern Bahamas.
