Pa 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), diso la Hurricane Irma linali ndi radar pafupi ndi latitude 23.1 North, longitude 80.2 West. Irma ikuyenda kumpoto chakumadzulo chakumadzulo m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa Cuba pafupi ndi 9 mph (15 km / h).
Kuyenda kumpoto chakumadzulo kukuyembekezeka kuyamba mawa lero ndikutembenukira kumpoto chakumadzulo Lamlungu. Paziwonetsero zamtsogolo, pakatikati pa Irma ipitilira kuyandikira kapena kupitilira gombe lakumpoto kwa Cuba masana ano ndipo ifika ku Florida Keys Lamlungu m'mawa. Mphepo yamkunthoyi ikuyembekezeka kusuntha kapena pafupi ndi gombe lakumwera chakumadzulo kwa Florida Lamlungu masana.
Mphepo yamkuntho yokhazikika imakhala pafupi ndi 125 mph (205 km / h) ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Irma ndi gulu la 3 mphepo yamkuntho pa Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Irma ikuyembekezeka kulimbikitsanso ikachoka ku Cuba, ndipo Irma ikuyembekezeka kukhalabe mphepo yamkuntho yamphamvu pamene ikuyandikira Florida. Ndege ya NOAA ili panjira yofufuza Irma.
Mphepo yamkuntho yamkuntho imafalikira mpaka pamtunda wa makilomita 70 kuchokera pakatikati ndipo mphepo yamkuntho yamkuntho imawomba mpaka makilomita 110.
ZOOPSA ZOKHUDZA DZIKO ---------------------- STORM SURGE: Kuphatikiza kwa mphepo yamkuntho yoopsa ndi mphepo yamkuntho mafunde adzachititsa kuti madera ouma pafupi ndi gombe adzasefukire madzi okwera akuyenda kumtunda kuchokera kumphepete mwa nyanja. Madzi ndi ikuyembekezeka kufika pa HEIGHTS ZOKHUDZA PA GROUND ngati pachimake kuphulika kumachitika panthawi ya mafunde aakulu ... Cape Sable kupita ku Captiva...10 mpaka 15 ft Captiva kupita ku Ana Maria Island...6 mpaka 10 ft Card Sound Bridge kudzera ku Cape Sable, kuphatikiza Florida Makiyi...5 mpaka 10 ft Ana Maria Island kupita ku Clearwater Beach, kuphatikiza Tampa Bay...5 mpaka 8 Ft North Miami Beach kupita ku Card Sound Bridge, kuphatikiza Biscayne Bay...4 ku 6ft Isle of Palms, South Carolina kupita ku Fernandina Beach...4 mpaka 6 ft Clearwater Beach kupita ku Mtsinje wa Ochlockonee...4 mpaka 6 ft Fernandina Beach kupita ku North Miami Beach...2 mpaka 4 ft Madzi akuya kwambiri adzachitika m'mphepete mwa nyanja m'madera a mphepo yam'mphepete mwa nyanja, kumene mafunde adzatsagana ndi zazikulu ndi mafunde owononga. Kusefukira kwamadzi kumadalira wachibale nthawi ya mafunde ndi mafunde, ndipo akhoza kusiyana kwambiri mtunda waufupi. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za dera lanu, chonde onani zoperekedwa ndi zolosera zam'dera lanu la National Weather Service ofesi. Kuphatikizika kwa chimphepo chamkuntho chowopseza moyo ndi kusweka kwakukulu mafunde adzakwezera kuchuluka kwa madzi APA PANSI WA NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ndi kutsatira kuchuluka mkati mwa chenjezo la mphepo yamkuntho pafupi ndi ku kumpoto kwa pakati pa Irma. Pafupi ndi gombe, kuphulika kudzakhala limodzi ndi mafunde aakulu ndi owononga. Northwestern Bahamas...3 mpaka 6 ft Mphepete mwa nyanja ya kumpoto kwa Cuba m'dera lochenjeza ... 5 mpaka 10 ft MPHEPO: Mphepo yamkuntho ikuyembekezeka kupitilizabe mkati mwa malo ochenjeza za mphepo yamkuntho m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa Cuba mpaka lero. Mphepo yamkuntho ikuyembekezeka kumadera ena a kumpoto chakumadzulo Bahamas lero, ndi mbali zina za Florida Peninsula ndi Florida Keys usikuuno ndi Lamlungu. Mphepo yamkuntho ndi mvula yamkuntho yotentha ndizotheka mkati mwa malo owonera Lamlungu. MVULA: Irma ikuyembekezeka kutulutsa mvula yotsatira kuchuluka mpaka Lachitatu: Kumpoto kwa Cuba ... mainchesi 10 mpaka 15, akutali 20 mainchesi. Kumwera kwa Cuba ... mainchesi 5 mpaka 10, olekanitsidwa ndi mainchesi 15. Western Bahamas ... 3 mpaka 6 mainchesi, akutali 10 mainchesi. The Florida Keys... mainchesi 10 mpaka 20, olekanitsidwa mainchesi 25. Chilumba cha Florida ndi kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Georgia ... 8 mpaka 15 mainchesi, kutalika 20 mainchesi. Kum'mawa kwa Florida Panhandle ... mainchesi atatu mpaka 3, olekanitsidwa ndi mainchesi 6. Kum'maŵa kwa Georgia, kumadzulo kwa South Carolina, ndi kumadzulo kwa North Carolina...4 mpaka 8 mainchesi. Western Georgia, kum'mawa ndi kumpoto kwa Alabama, ndi kum'mwera Tennessee ... 2 mpaka 5 mainchesi. M’madera onse mvula imeneyi ingayambitse kusefukira kwa madzi koopsa ndipo, m’madera ena, madontho amatope. TORNADOES: Mkuntho zingapo ndizotheka lero komanso usikuuno kum'mwera kwa Florida. SURF: Zotupa zopangidwa ndi Irma zikukhudza kum'mwera chakum'mawa Bahamas, Turks ndi Caicos Islands ndi gombe lakumwera chakum'mawa kwa gombe United States lero. Zotupa izi zimatha kuyambitsa moyo- Zowopsa za kusefukira ndi kung'amba zomwe zikuchitika pano.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- A northwest motion is expected to begin later today with a turn toward the north-northwest on Sunday.
- On the forecast track, the core of Irma will continue to move near or over the north coast of Cuba this afternoon and will reach the Florida Keys Sunday morning.
- Irma is forecast to restrengthen once it moves away from Cuba, and Irma is expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it approaches Florida.