The National Hurricane Center has released a new statement as of 11:00 pm (EST) Friday increasing Hurricane Irma to a category 5 storm.
The Storm is now making land fall on the coast of Cuba.
Hurricane warnings have been extended Northward Along the Florida Peninsula as the storm is expected to make land fall as a category 5 storm in south Florida this weekend.
An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that the storm had maximum sustained winds near 160 mph with even higher gusts.
On the latest track from the National Hurricane Center, Irma is projected to make landfall further west than previously expected.
As the storm nears our area, it will still be a Tropical Storm as previously projected.
Wind gusts are still expected to be around 30-50 miles per hour with the possibility of 2-4 inches of rain.
