Hurricane Lee (2023)

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Hurricane Lee
File:2023 CIMSS 13L Lee visible infrared satellite loop.gif
Meteorological history
Current storm information
As of 11:00 a.m. AST (21:00 UTC) September 11
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About 350 mi (565 km) NNW of the northern Leeward Islands
Movement WNW at Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).
Category 3 tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds 120 mph (195 km/h)
Highest gusts 140 mph (220 km/h)
Lowest pressure 948 mbar (hPa); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg
Part of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Lee is a powerful Cape Verde hurricane currently active in the Atlantic Ocean. The thirteenth named storm, fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee formed from a tropical wave near Cabo Verde. It rapidly strengthened after formation and became a Category 5 hurricane on September 7. After being weakened by strong wind shear and also undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle, Lee is presently located north of the northern Leeward Islands as a Category 3 hurricane.

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the track and intensity of the storm according to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) began to monitor a tropical wave over West Africa early on September 1.[1] The wave moved offshore into the tropical Atlantic Ocean on September 2,[2] producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity, and began to gradually organize. An area of low pressure formed from the wave two days later to the west-southwest of Cabo Verde.[3] On September 5, the low became more organized, with multiple low-level bands developing and the formation of a well-defined center. Consequently, advisories were initiated on Tropical Depression Thirteen at 15:00 UTC that day.[4] Amid favorable conditions for intensification, which included warm sea surface temperatures, moderate wind shear, and moderate mid-level relative humidity,[5] the depression quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Lee within a few hours.[6] Lee tracked west-northwestward, steered by a mid-level ridge located to its north, and continued to intensify as it became better organized, with increased convective banding, development of a central dense overcast, and formation of a ragged eye, evident in visible satellite imagery by the following afternoon. By 21:00 UTC on September 6, the system strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane[7] while located far to the east of the Northern Leeward Islands.[8] Explosive intensification began the next day, with Lee reaching Category 2 strength at 15:00 UTC,[9] before reaching Category 4 strength at 21:00 UTC.[10] A few hours later, a hurricane hunters mission into the storm found that it had reached Category 5 strength, and possessed a clear 15 nmi-wide (17 mi; 28 km)[convert: %s]%s eye surrounded by convective cloud tops with temperatures as low as −105 °F (−76 °C).[11] By 06:00 UTC on September 8, Lee's maximum sustained winds reached Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value)., an increase of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in 24 hours, making it the third‑fastest intensifying Atlantic hurricane on record, behind only Felix in 2007 and Wilma in 2005.[12] During this same time period, the hurricane's minimum barometric pressure fell to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)..[13] Several hours later, however, an increase of southwesterly wind shear caused Lee's eye to become cloud filled and the storm to become more asymmetric.[14] Lee then rapidly weakened to a low-end Category 3 hurricane by early on September 9.[15] Later that day, data from an evening hurricane hunters mission into the storm revealed that Lee was undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle and still being adversely affected by modest vertical wind shear; also observed were peak flight-level winds that were down from an earlier mission. As a result of these findings, the hurricane was downgraded to Category 2 at 03:00 UTC on September 10.[16] Afterwards, as the system was completing its eyewall replacement cycle, the wind shear began to abate, which permitted the new, larger-diameter eye to contract and to grow more symmetric; as a result, Lee intensified to Category 3 strength once again that same day.[17]

Current storm information

As of 11:00 a.m. AST (21:00 UTC) September 11, Hurricane Lee is located within 10 nautical miles of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., about 350 miles (565 km) northwest of the northern Leeward Islands. Maximum sustained winds are Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value)., with gusts up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).. The minimum barometric pressure is Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., and the system is moving west-northwest at Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). from the center.

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Preparations

Caribbean

On September 7, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency deployed food, water, and rapid response teams to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands as a high surf advisory was in effect for the two islands.[18][19]

See also

References

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