danielwAdministrator
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Fri Sep 08 2017 07:05 PM
Re: HUR IRMA Lounge

Latest NHC forecast forecasts Irma at a Cat 5 Landfall.

36H 10/0600Z 2 AM EDT early Sunday Morning
24.1N 81.0W 140 KT 160 MPH.

Category 5 begins at 139 knots. So Yes. At this time Landfall as a Cat 5.

The Lat/ Long given above is just South of Vaca Key in the Florida Straits



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