Leslie was a Category 1 hurricane within the North Atlantic Ocean early Monday Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center mentioned in its newest advisory.
The hurricane had sustained wind speeds of 90 miles per hour.
All instances on the map are Eastern. By The New York Times
What does the storm appear like from above?
Satellite imagery may also help decide the energy, measurement and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm turns into, the extra seemingly a watch will type within the heart. When the attention seems to be symmetrical, that usually means the storm is just not encountering something to weaken it.
Where will it rain?
Flash flooding can happen properly inland and away from the storm’s heart. Even weaker storms can produce extreme rainfall that may flood low-lying areas.
Leslie is the twelfth named storm to type within the Atlantic in 2024.
In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that there can be 17 to 25 named storms this yr, an above-normal quantity.
This season follows an excessively lively yr, with 20 named storms — together with an early storm later given the official title of “Unnamed.” It was the eighth yr in a row to surpass the common of 14 named storms. Only one hurricane, Idalia, made landfall within the United States.
Typically, the El Niño sample that was in pressure final season would have suppressed hurricanes and lowered the variety of storms in a season. But in 2023, the nice and cozy ocean temperatures within the Atlantic blunted El Niño’s regular impact of thwarting storms.
The heat ocean temperatures that fueled final yr’s season returned even hotter at first of this season, elevating forecasters’ confidence that there can be extra storms this yr. The heightened sea floor temperatures may additionally strengthen storms extra quickly than regular.
To make issues worse, the El Niño sample current final yr can be diminishing, almost definitely making a extra appropriate environment for storms to type and intensify.
Hurricanes want a peaceful setting to type, and, within the Atlantic, a robust El Niño will increase the quantity of wind shear — a change in wind velocity and/or route with top — which disrupts a storm's capability to coalesce. Without El Niño this yr, clouds usually tend to tower to the tall heights wanted to maintain a robust cyclone.
Sources and notes
Tracking map Tracking knowledge is from the National Hurricane Center. The map reveals possibilities of no less than 5 p.c. The forecast is for as much as 5 days, with that point span beginning as much as three hours earlier than the reported time that the storm reaches its newest location. Wind velocity likelihood knowledge is just not out there north of 60.25 levels north latitude.
Wind arrivals desk Arrival instances are generated from a New York Times evaluation of National Hurricane Center knowledge. Geographic areas use knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau and Natural Earth. Time zones are primarily based on Google. The desk reveals predicted arrival instances of sustained, damaging winds of 58 m.p.h. or extra for choose cities with an opportunity of such winds reaching them. If damaging winds attain a location, there isn't any greater than a ten p.c likelihood that they are going to arrive earlier than the “earliest reasonable” time and a 50 p.c likelihood they are going to arrive earlier than the “most likely” time.
Radar map Radar imagery is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through Iowa State University. These mosaics are generated by combining particular person radar stations that comprise the NEXRAD community.
Storm surge map Storm surge knowledge is from the National Hurricane Center. Forecasts solely embrace the United States Gulf and Atlantic coasts, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The precise areas that might grow to be flooded could differ from the areas proven on this map. This map accounts for tides, however not waves and never flooding brought about by rainfall. The map additionally consists of intertidal areas, which routinely flood throughout typical excessive tides.
Satellite map Imagery is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Japanese Meteorological Agency through the Cooperative Institute for Research within the Atmosphere.
Precipitation map Data for multi-day forecasts or noticed rainfall totals are from the National Weather Service. The 1-day forecast is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
