Hurricanes Maria And Lee Track, Path News Update: Both Storms Expected to Move Away from U.S.
Tropical storms Maria And Lee, two weakening hurricanes milling around in the Atlantic, are now expected to move away from the United States and be a good distance away by the weekend, as forecasted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The former hurricane Maria has been downgraded to a tropical storm, as it is expected to continue moving eastward across the Atlantic and away from the U.S., according to the public advisory from the NHC. There are currently no coastal warnings in effect for the weakening storm.
Hurricane Lee, meanwhile, is expected to disappear altogether by Saturday morning, Sep. 30. The hurricane is expected to be "a little weaker while moving faster toward the northeast," where it will eventually fade over the North Atlantic, as the latest public advisory notes.
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With hurricane Lee gaining strength on Wednesday, Sep. 27, to become a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the number of major hurricanes to come out of the Atlantic for this year has come up to five, according to Reuters.
Lee peaked at maximum winds of 115 miles per hour three days ago, according to the NHC. The storm looks to be short-lived, however, as it is expected to dissipate by Saturday. The hurricane is now down to maximum winds of 75 miles per hour, and is expected to drop down to tropical storm levels soon.
That's for the forecasts from NOAA, as the Daily Express cites other models that predict Maria and Lee merging to form what the report describes as a "Monster superstorm" that could hit Britain by the weekend.
A third low-pressure system was spotted, as well, just off the coast of Canada near Newfoundland. A worst-case scenario is being described as a three-storm mix that has Maria colliding with Lee, before merging with the unnamed low-pressure area to become a huge storm that could hit Northwest Scotland and the west coast of England.
