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    Hurricane Kirk has weakened slightly as it moved northwest and is expected to turn north and north-northeast this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.

    The hurricane center said Friday morning that Kirk was about 975 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands and that swells generated by Kirk are spreading westward and could reach the east coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada and the Bahamas by Sunday. The swell is “likely to cause life-threatening surf and current conditions,” the NHC said Friday.

    With sustained winds of nearly 140 mph, Kirk is currently a Category 4 hurricane. The NHC said Friday that minor intensity fluctuations are possible, and weakening is expected to begin Saturday and continue early next week.

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    Hurricane Kirk path tracker

    Hurricane Kirk Spaghetti Models

    Illustrations include a range of forecasting tools and models, and they are not all the same. The hurricane center uses only the four or five best-performing models to help make its forecasts.

    If path tracker and spaghetti models don’t appear on your screen, you can view them here.

    Tropical Storm Leslie is getting stronger

    The hurricane center also said Friday it is continuing to monitor Tropical Storm Leslie, which was located about 670 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde islands as of Friday morning.

    The storm was moving west, but a turn to the west-northwest is expected later Friday, followed by a turn to the northwest and an increase in forward speed from early Sunday through Monday, the NHC said.

    Leslie currently has maximum sustained winds near 60 mph, but further strengthening is forecast, with Leslie expected to become a hurricane Friday evening or Saturday, the hurricane center said.

    Tropical Storm Leslie path tracker

    Tropical Storm Leslie spaghetti models

    Illustrations include a range of forecasting tools and models, and they are not all the same. The hurricane center uses only the four or five best-performing models to help make its forecasts.

    If path tracker and spaghetti model don’t appear on your screen, you can view them here.

    NHC monitors a third system in the Gulf of Mexico

    In addition to Kirk and Leslie, the NHC is also monitoring a “trough of low pressure” that is causing unorganized showers and thunderstorms in the western Gulf of Mexico.

    The NHC said Friday morning that a “broad area of ​​low pressure” is expected to form over the southwest of the south-central Gulf of Mexico this weekend, and that some “gradual development” is possible afterward as the system slowly moves east or northeast. moves.

    Is a hurricane headed for Florida? Forecasters say we should prepare for heavy rain.

    “A tropical or subtropical depression or storm could form early to mid next week if the low remains separated from a frontal boundary expected to extend across the Gulf of Mexico next week,” NHC forecasters said Friday . “Regardless of tropical or subtropical development, locally heavy rainfall is possible over parts of Mexico and over parts of the Florida Peninsula in the coming days late this weekend into next week.”

    The NHC says the system has a 40 percent chance of forming over the next seven days.

    Atlantic storm tracker

    Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at [email protected].

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