[Ray76]

Tropical Weather Discussion

150 PM EDT Tue Sep 5 2017

The maximum sustained wind speeds are 160 kt with gusts to 195 kt

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWDAT+shtml/051750_MIATWDAT.shtml?

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Cat 5 - 157 mph (137 kt ) or higher.

Irma - 184 mph, gusts to 224 mph.

https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_windconvert

[Ray76]

Tropical Weather Discussion
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
805 PM EDT Tue Sep 5 2017

The center of Hurricane Irma at 06/0000 UTC is near 17.2N 60.5W,
or about 75 NM to the E of Antigua. Irma is moving W, or about
280 degrees, at 13 knots. The estimated minimum central pressure
is down to 916 mb. The maximum sustained wind speeds are 160 kt
with gusts to 195 kt. Irma is an extremely dangerous Category
Five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and is
the strongest hurricane observed in the Atlantic basin outside
of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Irma has a well defined
eye about 20-25 NM in diameter surrounded by numerous strong
convection within 120 nm of the center.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWDAT+shtml/052348_MIATWDAT.shtml?