The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Hurricane Lee expected to rapidly intensify into powerful hurricane

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Lee strengthens into Category 1 hurricane in Atlantic

Lee is in a very favorable environment for additional development and is forecast to become the season's next major hurricane by Friday. the National Hurricane Center said.

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Hurricane HQ: Hurricane Lee expected to rapidly intensify

In what continues to be the storm to watch, Lee strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane and is only expected to continue to rapdily intensify, starting later Thursday. 

By the weekend, Hurricane Lee is expected to reach major hurricane status and bring gusty winds and rough seas to the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico.

And as we approach the peak of hurricane season, Lee isn't the only tropical system being tracked this week.

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Summer keeps hanging on

A heat wave will continue to swelter the Northeast and mid-Atlantic this week, with temperatures nearing 100 degrees in places like Washington, D.C.

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The FOX Forecast Center says that widespread triple-digit heat has also returned to the Southern Plains, and dozens of daily record highs are expected to fall in the days ahead. ERCOT, Texas' largest energy supplier, issued a Weather Watch through Saturday warning that demand for energy will be high and moved into an emergency status on Wednesday.

TEXAS URGED TO CONSERVE POWER AS RECORD HEAT CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH, NORTHEAST

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SO METAL: NASA to visit metallic asteroid Psyche

A NASA mission launching in October will study the asteroid Psyche, believed to contain precious metals and clues to how planets form. Scientists believe Psyche is a metal-rich asteroid because of its density and the light reflected by the asteroid. NASA spacecraft will begin to send back the first images of Psyche in 2029.

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Psyche: NASA's mission to a metallic world

SpaceX will launch NASA's Psyche spacecraft to a metallic asteroid by the same name later this year.

Before you go

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