Tropical Cyclone Jose formed as a tropical storm on 5 September at 15UTC west of the Cape Verde Islands and was upgraded to hurricane status on 6 September at 21UTC. While moving across the Atlantic Ocean, Jose intensified and approached the northern Leeward Islands as a major hurricane (category 4) on 9 September at approximately 18UTC. Antigua and Barbuda and Anguilla experienced tropical-storm-force winds.