Atlantic- NASA Finds Lee as a Tropical Storm Reborn
Tropical Storm Lee's remnants have been lingering in the Central Atlantic for days, struggling to reform, until today. Once considered almost defunct, Lee is now a tropical storm and strengthening! NOAA's GOES satellite provided a look at the small storm on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 UTC). Lee is dwarfed by the remnants of Jose near New England, and Hurricane Maria, located between the Bahamas and Bermuda.
At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lee was located near latitude 31.9 North, longitude 49.4 West. It's about 900 miles (1,450 km) east of Bermuda. Lee is moving toward the north near 2 mph (4 km/h). A slow turn toward the northeast and east is expected later today, followed by a turn toward the east-southeast on Sunday. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 millibars.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and Lee could be near hurricane strength by the end of the weekend. Lee is a small tropical cyclone. Tropical-storm-force winds only extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center.
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