Leslie isn’t expected to impact land, nor is it expected to linger for long.
Leslie, the 12th tropical storm of the 2018 hurricane season, formed in the Atlantic Sunday morning (Sept. 23), joining the swiftly moving Tropical Storm Kirk. But forecasters don’t expect Leslie to stick around for long.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Leslie is currently 1,145 miles southwest of the Azores moving at 3 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. While some slight strengthening is possible, forecasters expect the storm to move only slightly in the next two days.
It is not expected to impact land.
Tropical Storm Kirk, meanwhile, was located about 545 miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and moving west at a swift 21 mph. Its tropical storm-force winds extend 70 miles from its center, forecasters said.
Kirk may strengthen slightly as it moves quickly through the Atlantic over the next two to three days. However, forecasters believe the storm will dissipate before moving into the eastern Caribbean and threatening land.
Elsewhere, a disturbance located between Bermuda and the Bahamas will likely move by the southeastern U. S. coast. It has a 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next five days. And Tropical Depression 11 — which is about 145 miles east-north east of the Windward Islands — has dissipated. It now has maximum sustained winds of 25 mph and is moving west at 12 mph, forecasters said.
The next and thirteenth tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic will be named Michael.
