Hurricane Lee, Atlantic Ocean, September 2023

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Hurricane Lee has rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph, and it may reach 180 mph. Currently located hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean, its projected path indicates a potential impact on northern Florida or the coast of Georgia, with a possibility of veering north towards the Carolinas. Forecasts suggest that it may remain offshore due to the influence of a high-pressure system in the mid-Atlantic and an approaching low-pressure system on the East Coast. As of the latest updates, Hurricane Lee has weakened to a Category 3 but could strengthen again. Current projections indicate a turn northward by mid-week, with potential impacts expected in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
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Hurricane Lee has quickly grown to a Cat 5 hurricane with sustained wind of 165 mph. It may achieve winds of 180 mph.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/weather/hurricane-lee-path-friday-climate/index.html
Hurricane Lee is expected to continue strengthening Friday after quickly morphing into a powerful Category 5 storm that is now packing destructive maximum sustained winds of 165 mph as it spins hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory.

The question remains, will it turn, where, when and by how much?

At the moment, it seems to be headed to northern Florida (Gainesville) or the coast of Georgia (Savannah). It could turn slightly north toward the Carolinas.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml#Lee
 
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One of the admittedly very long range forcasts that I saw has it staying offshore between a high pressure center in the mid atlantic and a low entering the east coast. We'll see if it's forecast to actually do that in the next few days.
 
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