2 am Saturday: Hurricane Irma Intermediate Advisory

At 200 AM EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Hurricane Irma was located

by Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft and Cuban radar data

near latitude 22.3 North, longitude 78.2 West. Irma is moving toward

the west near 12 mph (19 km/h).  A turn toward the northwest is

expected by late today. On the forecast track, the center of Irma

will move near the north coast of Cuba today, near the Florida Keys

Sunday morning, and then near the southwest coast of Florida Sunday

afternoon.


Reports from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum

sustained winds are near 160 mph (260 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 expected to remain a powerful hurricane as

it approaches Florida.


Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from

the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185

miles (295 km).  Camaguey, Cuba, recently reported a wind gust of

70 mph (113 km/h).


SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:


A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...

* Volusia/Brevard County Line southward around the Florida peninsula

to Anclote River

* Florida Keys

* Tampa Bay


A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

* North of the Volusia/Brevard County Line to the Flagler/Volusia

County line

* North of Anclote River to Suwannee River


A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

* Volusia/Brevard County Line southward around the Florida peninsula

to Anclote River

* Florida Keys

* Lake Okeechobee

* Florida Bay

* Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus,

Villa Clara, and Matanzas

* Central Bahamas and Ragged Island

* Northwestern Bahamas


A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* North of the Volusia/Brevard County Line to Fernandina Beach

* North and west of Anclote River to Indian Pass

* Cuban provinces of Holguin and Las Tunas


A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* Cuban provinces of Holguin, Las Tunas, La Habana, and Ciudad de

la Habana



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