And it s likely to make landfall somewhere in florida over the weekend.
Satellite image of hurricane irma over florida.
The nascent storm began developing upper level poleward outflow as an anticyclone became established over the system with banding features becoming increasingly evident in satellite images.
The suomi npp satellite captured this infrared nighttime image of hurricane irma between cuba and the florida keys on sunday sept.
Noaa goes 16 satellite catches irma s eye over the florida keys.
Tracking hurricane irma s path over florida updated 5 00 pm et sept.
Terrifying satellite images show strongest tropical storm on earth circling caribbean.
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11 2017 hurricane irma lost strength as it swept across florida and was downgraded to a tropical storm on monday.
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.
According to noaa s national hurricane center irma is a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour.
Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph and central pressure is 965 mb on the 5 am edt nhc advisory.