Two more hurricanes join record Hurricane Irma in Atlantic

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we now have three hurricanes in the Atlantic (last occurred in 2010; record is four in 2005). Hurricane Jose is bouncing around in the Gulf of Mexico, hopefully not affecting Texas which was just devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Katia is hot on the heels of Hurricane Irma, but hopefully far enough north to avoid the islands.

And then we have Hurricane Irma, which continues to break records. Today, she razed the small northern islands from Barbuda to the British Virgin Islands, often containing entire islands in its eye. I tweeted earlier (and I stand by this):

The meteorological data measured by weather stations in the Caribbean is impressive. At Barbuda, winds gusted to 155 mph (as the equipment failed) and the storm surge increased to over seven feet!

This afternoon, a WeatherFlow station at Buck Island (south of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, NOT near St. Croix, where Google Maps directs you to the Buck Island Monument) measured 131 mph with its sonic anemometer before it went offline.

Irma is now forecast to move up the east coast of Florida, possibly offshore which would allow the storm to keep his strength which could mean bad news for the Southeast.

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