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Tropical Storm Lee has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean, and is showing signs of becoming a major hurricane by the end of the week, which has prompted regional forecasters to issue storm warnings for parts of the eastern Caribbean.
This storm poses no immediate threat to the Cayman Islands.
According to the US-Based National Hurricane Center, as of 5pm, Tropical Storm Lee was located several hundred miles of the Lesser Antilles, and was travelling in a north-northwesterly direction, placing it on an initial trajectory towards Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Kitts.
“Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 45 [miles per hour]… with higher gusts,” advised the NHC. “Lee is forecast to be a hurricane within a couple of days and will likely become a major hurricane by Friday.”
Further east, the NHC is monitoring another tropical wave which it says has a 30% chance of developing into a tropical storm within the next 48 hours.
“Environmental conditions appear conducive for the gradual development, and a tropical depression could form over the far eastern tropical Atlantic during the middle to latter part of the week while the system moves west-northwest at 10 to 15mph,” the NHC advised.
The final system that the NHC is monitoring is a weak disturbance north of the Azores.
According to the NHC, this system has, at best, a 20% chance of further development during the next seven days.
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