07 Sep 2017 / Caribbean Sea
At 800am AST (1200 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Irma was located near 20.1 North, 69.0 West.
Irma is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph (28 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue with some decrease in forward speed for the next couple of days.
On the forecast track, the eye of Irma should continue to move just north of the coast of Hispaniola today, be near the Turks and Caicos and southeastern Bahamas by this evening, and then be near the Central Bahamas by Friday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 180 mph (285 km/h) with higher gusts. Irma is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next day or two, but Irma is forecast to remain a powerful category 4 or 5 hurricane during the next couple of days.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 50 miles (85 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles (295 km).
(For information about operations in the Americas, contact the GAC Houston Hub Agency Center at [email protected])
Source: Extracts from National Hurricane Center, Miami FL, Hurricane Irma Intermediate Advisory No.33A issued at 800am AST Thu Sep 07 2017
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