


At this tie, a 1007 mb low is analyzed near 15N72W, with a surface trough extending from 20N79W to the low to 12N65W. Posted 1 hour, 43 minutes ago by NHC Forecaster Forecaster PapinĬentral Caribbean: A broad area of low pressure over the central Caribbean continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. * Formation chance through 5 days, low, 10 percent. * Formation chance through 48 hours, low, 10 percent. Thus, subtropical or tropical development of this system remains unlikely. However, this system is forecast to interact and merge with a nearby frontal zone as upper-level winds increase over the system. Western Atlantic: Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased in association with an area of low pressure area located a little more than 100 miles northeast of Bermuda. * Formation chance through 5 days, high, 80 percent. * Formation chance through 48 hours, high, 70 percent. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible over portions of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Jamaica during the next couple of days. NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft will be investigating the system this morning. Interests in Jamaica should monitor the progress of this system. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in the next couple of days while the system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central and northwestern Caribbean Sea. However, overnight satellite wind data suggest the circulation is gradually becoming better defined. #HurricaneIrma /wpH83NIc6mīut Irma isn’t the only storm to keep an eye on.For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:Ĭentral Caribbean: A broad area of low pressure over the central Caribbean Sea continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. 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.
