Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
![]() Hurricane Lee at peak intensity well to the east of Bermuda on September 27 | |
Formed | September 15, 2017 |
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Dissipated | October 1, 2017 |
(Extratropical after September 30) | |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 962 mbar (hPa); 28.41 inHg |
Damage | None |
Areas affected | Cabo Verde |
Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season |
Hurricane Lee was a highly erratic and somewhat long-lasting tropical cyclone that traversed the Atlantic in September 2017. The thirteenth named storm, seventh consecutive hurricane and the fifth major hurricane of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee originated from a tropical wave that exited the west coast of Africa on September 13. Contrary to predictions of slow development, the disturbance quickly organized into a tropical depression by September 15.
Meteorological history
editMap key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Origins and initial dissipation
editOn September 13, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began tracking a tropical wave that had just emerged off of the coast of Africa.[1]
Regeneration and intensification
editDemise
editImpacts
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Blake, Eric (September 13, 2017). "Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 16, 2017.