MESSAGE: Irma strengthens to a category 4 hurricane as it heads toward the Leeward Islands
THE SITUATION:
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, as at 5:00pm AST (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Irma was located near latitude 16.7 North, longitude 54.4 West. Irma is moving toward the west near 13 mph (20 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue into Tuesday, followed by a turn toward the west-northwestward late Tuesday September 05, 2017. On the forecast track, the center of Irma will move near or over portions of the northern Leeward Islands Tuesday night and early Wednesday.
Read more: CDEMA Information Note #4 - Hurricane Irma - as of 6:00 pm on September 4th, 2017