Tropical depression #13 becomes tropical storm Lee (no threat to land)

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...Tropical Storm Lee...the 12th named storm of the season...forms
between Bermuda and the Azores...poses no threat to land...


at 5 PM AST...2100z...the center of Tropical Storm Lee was estimated
near latitude 30.5 north...longitude 49.7 west or about 900
miles...1445 km...east of Bermuda and about 1390 miles...2240
km...west-southwest of the Azores.


Lee is moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph...22 km/hr. A
gradual turn to the north with a decrease in forward speed is
expected during the next 12 to 24 hours.


Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph... 65 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24
hours.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/at200513.public.html