000 WTNT61 KNHC 061600 TCUAT1 Hurricane Irma Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 1200 PM AST Wed Sep 06 2017 ...1200 PM AST POSITION UPDATE... ...CORE OF IRMA HEADING TOWARD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... The government of the Netherlands has discontinued the Hurricane Warning for Saba and St. Eustatius. A wind gust to 87 mph (141 km/h) has recently been reported at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. SUMMARY OF 1200 PM AST...1600 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...18.3N 64.2W ABOUT 55 MI...85 KM E OF ST. THOMAS ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM E OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...922 MB...27.23 INCHES $$ Forecaster Brown