Hurricane Lee , Expected to Be Upgraded , to Dangerous Category 4 Storm.<br />NBC reports that forecasters have <br />warned that Hurricane Lee is expected to <br />"rapidly intensify" in the Atlantic ocean. .<br />Lee was upgraded from a tropical storm to <br />a Category 1 hurricane on September 6.<br />According to the National Hurricane Center, <br />the storm system will likely become an <br />"extremely dangerous major hurricane" by September 8. .<br />As of early September 7, the storm was <br />about 965 miles east of the northern Leeward <br />Islands, according to the National Weather Service. .<br />The public advisory warned <br />of sustained winds up <br />to 80 miles per hour. .<br />NBC reports that once Lee is upgraded to <br />a Category 4 hurricane, it has the potential <br />to bring wind gusts up to 155 miles per hour.<br />The weather service warned that while there is currently no <br />direct threat of landfall, the storm is expected to create large <br />swells in the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.<br />NBC reports that the storm <br />system is currently moving west <br />at about 13 miles per hour.<br />Lee is expected to continue in <br />the west-northwest direction with <br />a gradual reduction in forward speed. .<br />According to NBC, most tropical storm models have the <br />hurricane's long-term track curving north, potentially <br />bringing it closer to Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast.<br />According to NBC, most tropical storm models have the <br />hurricane's long-term track curving north, potentially <br />bringing it closer to Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast
