Irma was the strongest hurricane ever observed in the open atlantic only a day after it was first named a tropical storm in the eastern atlantic ocean on august 30 irma had quickly strengthened to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph.
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At least four billion dollar disasters struck the u s.
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Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph and central pressure is 965 mb on the 5 am edt nhc advisory.
Hurricane irma forecast discussion 000 wtnt41 knhc 061448 tcdat1 hurricane irma discussion number 30 nws national hurricane center miami fl al112017 1100 am ast wed sep 06 2017 the eye of irma passed over barbuda st.
11 satellite ir image showing the center of hurricane irma as a minimal hurricane along the northwest florida coast just inland from cedar key early in the morning of september 11 th.
Max wind speed 180mph.
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.
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Goes 16 imagery of hurricane irma approaching the leeward islands as a category 5 storm on sep.
The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.
Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
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Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
Here s a 7 day long ir satellite loop of hurricane irma along with the national hurricane center advisories and center location.
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