Meteorologist Ian Colón of Puerto Rico National Weather Service reported that the cyclone will be passing at its closest point to the island about 40 miles north-east of Culebra at about 5:00 p.m. Wednesday morning and from Carolina to Fajardo at about 7:00 p.m., also about 40 miles.
At 2:00 p.m. Today, the hurricane was at latitude 16.9 degrees north and longitude 59.1 degrees west. It moves west at 14 mph and has a pressure of 926 millibars. Specifically, it is located about 180 miles east of Antigua, 185 miles east southeast of Barbuda and about 200 miles east southeast of Puerto Rico.
Irma's hurricane-force winds extend 60 miles from its center and winds with tropical storm force extend 160 miles from the center.
Puerto Rico is under a hurricane warning from 11:00 p.m. from yesterday. The effects of Irma will begin to feel from early hours of Wednesday, Wednesday, with sustained winds of tropical storm. It would pass at its closest point to the island at 5:00 p.m. and would be leaving the Puerto Rico area at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday about 73 miles from Aguadilla, said meteorologist Jesús Figueroa.
Watch the movement of Irma
There will be hurricane winds over much of the island. For more remote peoples, such as Ponce and Cabo Rojo (southwest), there would be tropical storm winds with hurricane-force bursts, about 75 miles per hour.
"Irma is a big and powerful hurricane," meteorologist David Sánchez said earlier.
The hurricane reached the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale at 8:00 a.m. from this Tuesday. This category is set when it has winds of over 156 mph. A Category 5 hurricane is extremely dangerous, according to the CNH.
At 2:00 p.m. Today, the hurricane was at latitude 16.9 degrees north and longitude 59.1 degrees west. It moves west at 14 mph and has a pressure of 926 millibars. Specifically, it is located about 180 miles east of Antigua, 185 miles east southeast of Barbuda and about 200 miles east southeast of Puerto Rico.
Irma's hurricane-force winds extend 60 miles from its center and winds with tropical storm force extend 160 miles from the center.
Puerto Rico is under a hurricane warning from 11:00 p.m. from yesterday. The effects of Irma will begin to feel from early hours of Wednesday, Wednesday, with sustained winds of tropical storm. It would pass at its closest point to the island at 5:00 p.m. and would be leaving the Puerto Rico area at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday about 73 miles from Aguadilla, said meteorologist Jesús Figueroa.
Watch the movement of Irma
There will be hurricane winds over much of the island. For more remote peoples, such as Ponce and Cabo Rojo (southwest), there would be tropical storm winds with hurricane-force bursts, about 75 miles per hour.
"Irma is a big and powerful hurricane," meteorologist David Sánchez said earlier.
The hurricane reached the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale at 8:00 a.m. from this Tuesday. This category is set when it has winds of over 156 mph. A Category 5 hurricane is extremely dangerous, according to the CNH.
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