Hurricane Lee remains a category 3 storm with 120 mph winds as it drifts through the southwest Atlantic waters Sunday evening.
Some 400 miles to the northeast of the San Juan, Puerto Rico, the system will remain far enough away from the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas in the next few days to spare any landmass from direct impacts.
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WATCH HEREThis distance will shield all locations from its broad wind field, but impacts such as rough surf and a high rip current risk should be anticipated.
The storm is forecast by the National Hurricane Center to re-intensify into a Category 4 as it tracks northwest over the next few days.
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Mid-week, Lee will make a gradual turn, tracking north by Thursday.
In its current trajectory, Bermuda may see the greatest impacts late week, but it is still too soon to determine.
While there is still some model divergence on timing and track next weekend, locations from New England to the Canadian Maritimes will be on alert until Lee’s forecast can be tuned.
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Nearly all locations along the east coast of the United States will see an increase in rough surf and rip currents through next Sunday.
