Tropical Storm Leslie 9-3-12
Leslie passed 295 miles north of the leeward islands on Sept 2 with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour with tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 205 miles from the center of the storm.
As of 9/3/12 Leslie had weakened to 65 mph winds. Swells generated by the storm could affect portions of the leeward island, Puerto Rico and could affect the Virgin Islands in the next day or two.
The current path of Tropical Storm Leslie is pointing it toward the Bermuda islands.
9/5/12 Now Hurricane Leslie
At 1:45 pm AST on 9/5/12 Tropical Cyclone Leslie was upgraded to a hurricane making Hurricane Leslie the 6th hurricane of the season. Maximum sustained winds are now at 75 mph. Hurricane Leslie is now located 465 mile south south-east of Bermuda and moving at 2 mph.
Hurricane Leslie 9/5/12
September 4th, 2012 at 5:08 am
Life threatening surf and rip current is also predicted for the next few days from central Florida and up the East coast of the US. The 5am ast report reported that the maximum sustained winds are at 65 mph and the storm is moving N at 5 mph.
September 6th, 2012 at 6:00 am
(5am AST report) Hurricane Leslie is still at 75 mph maximum sustained wind but is expected to increase in strength over the next 48 hours. Leslie is considered a large tropical cyclone with hurricane force winds reaching out 25 miles from the center.
Leslie is slowly heading toward Bermuda at 1 mph and will likely pass Bermuda sometime Sunday.