{"id":38561,"date":"2023-09-05T16:13:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=38561"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:13:40","slug":"northeast-caribbean-us-on-alert-as-tropical-storm-lee-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/northeast-caribbean-us-on-alert-as-tropical-storm-lee-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Caribbean, US on alert as Tropical Storm Lee forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AccuWeather<\/a> hurricane experts are putting portions of the northeastern Caribbean on alert for a strengthening Tropical Storm Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Monday, AccuWeather became the first source to issue a forecast track map for a tropical wave pushing across the central tropical Atlantic which was expected to develop over the next day or so. As this wave traveled through warm waters Tuesday morning, it strengthened to Tropical Depression 13. At 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center named the storm Tropical Storm Lee. The system is forecast to continue to move across the main development region of the Atlantic Ocean over the upcoming week, eventually intensifying into the basin’s next\u00a0hurricane<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Throughout the upcoming week, Tropical Storm Lee will track through an environment with low wind shear, ample moisture and ocean temperatures several degrees above the threshold for tropical development (roughly 80 degrees Fahrenheit). There is not a lot of dry air present across the tropical Atlantic that this feature will have to deal with, which will help it to get its act together,” explained AccuWeather<\/a> Tropical Meteorologist Alex DaSilva.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFactors that will impact strengthening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n