Hurricane Igor – Day 5
Position: 17.6N 47.8W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [270°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 150 mph [240 kph].
Wind Gusts: 185 mph [295 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 40 miles [ 65 km].
Minimum central pressure: 935 mb ↓.
Currently about 1005 miles [1620 km] East of the northern Leeward Islands.
Igor exploded this afternoon, going from category 2 to 4 without a pause and dropping 20 millibars over lunch. The storm is on the verge of being a category 5 having dropped another 15 millibars this evening.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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