Per an advisory shared at 10 a.m. EST on Saturday morning by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Leslie is currently moving toward the west-northwest at a speed of 7 m.p.h. "A northwestward motion with an increase in forward speed is forecast to begin by tonight and continue through Tuesday," according to the NHC.

WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are tracking Hurricane Leslie. Sign up for our NewslettersIt formed on Wednesday in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean as a tropical storm.As of the 11 p.m. advisory,

MIAMI (AP) — Leslie has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and isn’t threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located Saturday about 725 miles (1,170 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.