public notice: news item on hurricane lee
Weather Update
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE LEE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT NOON PM EDT, SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023.
...LEE IS MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH…HAZARDOUS SURF WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH NEXT WEEK…
AT 11:00 AM, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LEE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 58.2 WEST, OR 350 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. LEE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, LEE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLAND AND PUERTO RICO INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LEE IS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. GRADUAL RE-STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
MARINERS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AS SEAS WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY EARLY SUNDAY.
