Irma was a long lived cape verde hurricane that reached category 5 intensity on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale.
Satellite of irma now.
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.
Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
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Maximum sustained winds are 185 mph and central pressure is 914 mb on the 5 pm edt nhc advisory.
The image showed a clear eye and very cold cloud top temperatures as cold as cold as minus 83 1 degrees celsius minus 117 7 degrees fahrenheit.
10 satellite ir image showing hurricane irma one of the strongest hurricanes ever in the atlantic basin near peak intensity on the afternoon of september 6 th just north of puerto rico.
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Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the.
The catastrophic hurricane made seven landfalls.
Irma now a tropical storm is pushing through north florida into georgia and south carolina with destructive impacts including wind damage storm surge heavy rain and possible tornadoes.
Goes 16 visible satellite imagery showing the evolution of hurricane irma from sep 3 through sep 11 2017.
This after image of an area of key west florida looks eerily fake.
In the satellite images below the destruction caused by irma is made painfully clear.
The atmospheric infrared sounder or airs instrument aboard nasa s aqua satellite captured infrared temperature data on hurricane irma on sept.