![]() ![]() Early on September 6, Irma peaked with 1-minute sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 914 hPa (27.0 inHg). On September 4, Irma resumed intensifying, becoming a Category 5 hurricane by early on the next day. The storm's intensity fluctuated between Categories 2 and 3 for the next several days, due to a series of eyewall replacement cycles. Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson wind scale by late on August 31. Irma developed from a tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands on August 30. The word Irmageddon was coined soon after the hurricane to describe the damage caused by the hurricane. It was also the most intense hurricane to strike the continental United States since Katrina in 2005, the first major hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Wilma in the same year, and the first Category 4 hurricane to strike the state since Charley in 2004. The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys. ![]() It was also the third strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall ever recorded, just behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Dorian. At the time, it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic region, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico until it was surpassed by Hurricane Dorian two years later. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. #HurricaneIrma /wpH83NIc6mīut Irma isn’t the only storm to keep an eye on.Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. The plane’s specialized instruments can take readings on the storm that forecasters can’t get anywhere else: NOAA hurricane hunter Nick Underwood posted this video while his plane flew into Hurricane Irma yesterday. While satellite views provide the most comprehensive view of Irma’s potential track, there’s also a more ‘hands-on’ approach to getting data on hurricanes. GOES-16 view of #HurricaneIrma at 30-second intervals covering 5-hour period ending at 352 AM CDT (9/6), including its passage over Barbuda. #GOES16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane #Irma approaching Anguilla at about 7:00 am (EDT). The International Space Station’s external cameras captured a dramatic view of Hurricane Irma as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean Sept. The fleet of Earth-observing satellites are providing incredible views of this monster storm, and even astronauts on board the International Space Station are capturing views: #Irma is more like an unwelcome western Pacific supertyphoon ? /55tFsbYWz1 Never seen a #hurricane this strong last so long in the Atlantic basin. But chances of an extreme event is rising.” “Model trends can be quite misleading- could just change right back. But he cautioned everyone in a potential path should take precautions. National Hurricane Center scientist Eric Blake said via twitter that some models had the storm going one way, and some another. 6:ĭifferent models have Irma traveling on slightly different paths and officials from all the areas that might possibly be hit are telling people to prepare and follow evacuation orders. EDT (1215 UTC) shows Category 5 Hurricane Irma as it moved west and track over St. This animation of NOAA’s GOES East satellite imagery from Sept. and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and possibly Florida, or along the southeast coast of the US. The storm continues to roar on a path toward the U.S. The US National Hurricane Center listed the Category 5 Irma as the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded north of the Caribbean and east of the Gulf of Mexico. Barthelemy and Anguilla early Wednesday, destroying buildings with its sustained winds of 185 mph (297 kph), with rains and storm surges causing major flooding. Record-setting Hurricane Irma barreled over the Caribbean islands of St. ![]()
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