UPDATE: Hurricane warning issued for VI
![Hurricane watches have been posted for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Monserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Martin, Guadeloupe and the [British] Virgin Islands. The hurricane is pictured from above on Sunday, September 3, 2017. Photo: AFP/Getty Images](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_i_Irma.jpg)
Hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the specified area within 24-36 hours.
In its 11:00 P.M. advisory, Monday August 4, 2017 the National Hurricane Centre, said data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 140 miles per hour (mph) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles.
At 11:00 p.m. Irma was located near latitude 16.7 degrees North, longitude 55.6 degrees West. The category 4 hurricane is moving towards the west near 13 mph and this general motion is expected to continue into Tuesday, followed by a turn toward the west-northwest late Tuesday.
On the forecast track, the center of Irma will move approximately 42 miles north east of the Virgin Islands on Wednesday.
See previous article published September 4, 2017
VI under Hurricane Watch!
The Virgin Islands has been placed on Hurricane Watch as Irma approaches as a dangerous category 3 hurricane that is picking up speed as it tracks westward.
As of 11:00 A.M. today September 4, 2017, the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorologist Services issued a Hurricane Watch for the territory.
Based on forecaster’s latest tracking, the center of Irma may pass very near or over the northern Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands on Wednesday September 6, 2017 which will produce destructive wind and torrential rain across the region, according to an update on the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) website today, September 4, 2017.
It said that, according to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), at 11 A.M., the eye of Hurricane Irma was located near latitude 16.8 North, longitude 53 West. Irma is moving toward the west-southwest near 12 mph.
As hurricane Irma approaches the Caribbean region, its maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph (195km/h) with higher gusts. On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, hurricane Irma is still a category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km).
The eye of hurricane Irma is projected to pass approximately 35 miles North East of Road Town.
The latest minimum central pressure estimated from data received by the reconnaissance aircraft is 944 mb.
A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) are possible within the specified area. A hurricane watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds in an area.
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