And it s likely to make landfall somewhere in florida over the weekend.
Satellite image of hurricane irma over florida.
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.
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According to noaa s national hurricane center irma is a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour.
Noaa goes 16 captured this geocolor image of irma s eye over the florida keys at approximately 9 00 am edt this morning september 10 2017.
Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph and central pressure is 965 mb on the 5 am edt nhc advisory.
Early on august 31 shortly after the development of a central dense overcast cdo and an eye feature irma underwent rapid intensification becoming a category 2 hurricane at 18 00 utc and then a.
Image courtesy of uw cimms.
The suomi npp satellite captured this infrared nighttime image of hurricane irma between cuba and the florida keys on sunday sept.
11 2017 hurricane irma lost strength as it swept across florida and was downgraded to a tropical storm on monday.
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