LEE APPROACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH… …EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE BY THE WEEKEND

At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lee was located near latitude 13.7 North, longitude 44.6 West. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph (26 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue for the next few days with a slight reduction in forward speed. Maximum sustained winds have

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