Hurricane Leslie was watching broken images from NASA-NOAA’s Finland-NPP satellite as it crossed the Eastern Atlantic.

On October 10, NASA-NOAA’s Finland-NPP satellite VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) looked at Leslie in visible light. Leslie is a big storm with a large area of ​​strong thunderstorms around the tear eye. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 30 miles (45 km) out of downtown and strong winds from a tropical storm extend up to 240 miles (390 km).

On Oct. 11, the National Hurricane Center said Leslie’s structure has remained stable since the night of Oct. 10. The hurricane has a ragged ribbon eye surrounded by a slightly scattered dense cloud cloud.

At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), Hurricane Leslie Center was located near latitude 29.1 degrees north and longitude 38.3 degrees west. It is about 895 miles (1,440 km) southwest of the Azores. The National Hurricane Center, or NHC, found that Leslie is moving east-northeast near 16 mph (26 mph), and this general movement, with some upward speed ahead, could begin late Saturday, Oct. 13. mph (130 km / h) at higher gusts. A slight change in intensity is predicted over the next 48 hours, but a decrease is expected over the weekend.

Leslie is now accelerating southeast to southeast across the gorge (elongated low-pressure range) of the transatlantic North Atlantic. After 48 hours (Oct. 13), Leslie is moving to a much more stable environment and over cooler waters, so steady deterioration is expected.

Updated forecasts can be found at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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