16 September, 2017
Satellite imagery shows Category 4 Hurricane Irma approach the Bahamas, followed by Hurricane Jose approaching the Leeward Islands.
Jose and Irma as of Saturday morning were the only two hurricanes in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Jose was pulling away from the northern Leeward Islands and was expected to weaken in intensity on Sunday and Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. The eye of the storm was visible and surrounded by powerful thunderstorms.
"Jose remains a risky Category 4 Hurricane", the National Hurricane Center said.
Maximum sustained winds were clocked at 70 miles per hour and the storm was moving west-northwest at 9 miles per hour.
It was located about 535 miles east southeast of the northern Leeward Islands and moving towards the west northwest at 16 miles per hour. With communications down as the hurricane's fury was unleashed, the extent of the devastation remains unclear.
Behind Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose is now not expected to be a threat to the United States. Jose is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Gradual weakening is forecast during the next couple of days. Jose's worst winds extend outward only 35 miles from its center, and tropical storm force winds extend 140 miles.
A hurricane warning was put into effect Thursday for Barbuda and Anguilla, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy. Evacuations continue to be in place for regions which will be affected by the storm.
In its 11 a.m. Friday advisory, forecasters said the center of Jose was about 360 miles northeast of the southeastern Bahamas and about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda.
