Originating off the coast of Guinea, what was a Category 1 hurricane Thursday has intensified to a Category 4, doubling its windspeeds in just under a day. Having strengthened briefly to a Category 5 briefly before falling again to a Category 4, Hurricane Lee boasts sustained wind speeds of 155 mph and is currently hanging just 550 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The storm is expected to pass over the southwestern Atlantic early next week and it is unknown, as of yet, if the hurricane will impact the US mainland.