Hurricane Leslie Strengthens In The
Atlantic

MIAMI - The National Hurricane Center in Miami is reporting: RESILIENT LESLIE COULD STRENGTHEN SOME MORE TODAY... AS  OF 500 AM, LESLIE WAS  LOCATED...21.2N 47.8W ABOUT 1015 MI. ENE OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE. is at ..29.15 INCHES 

      Forecasters say: A slight reduction in forward speed and turn toward the north and north-northeast is forecast during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph (130 km/h) with higher gusts. Some additional strengthening is anticipated today and tonight, followed by weakening through early next week. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles (30 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 987 mb (29.15 inches).