Irma Update on 2017-0905

Irma is going Cat 5. This is a rare event. It is forecast as a Cat 5 to pass through the NW lesser Antilles and just north of PR before going back to still major hurricane Cat 4 status.


Various models predict an assault on FL and Georgia, maybe South Carolina.


Meanwhile, a low pressure system is moving behind Irma, what might be named Jose unless a storm swirls up in the Gulf.




The "Jose" storm is forecast to do a semi-stationary loop north of Puerto Rico, a safe distance from causing damage but at the same time a swell producer for PR and the East Coast. For now. Tracks of Irma and Jose are dependent upon the behavior of a large Bermuda High.

Not a pretty sight for Florida.