With Texas reeling from Harvey , Irma withering several Caribbean islands , and now Jose being upgraded from a tropical storm to aCategory 1hurricane , it ’s been a jumpy season for North America .
The announcement was made Wednesday good afternoon when Jose ’s maximum winds hit 125 kilometer per hour ( 75 miles per 60 minutes ) . As of5 am ET on Wednesday , maximal farting focal ratio were at 145 km / hr ( 90 miles per hour ) and these are expected to rise strong over the next mates of day . prognosticator augur that by Friday , it will have turn into a Category 3 hurricane .
Officials say it is n’t an quick threat to landed estate and , in good order now , it ’s too early to say if and when it will make landfall . But it may be a concern for the Leeward islands , who have already support the brunt of Hurricane Irma .
" This one does n’t model as much of a terror to the direct southeast United States as Irma does , " said Weather Channel meteorologist Ari Sarsalari , reportsNBC News . " But the Leeward Islands would finish up with another one - two punch … This could be reasonably bad for them . "
Hurricane Irma go bad records , becoming themost powerful recorded Atlantic hurricane . Gaston Browne , Chief Executive of Barbuda , toldlocal reportersthe wipeout do by the storm was unprecedented . Some 95 percent of the island was completely destroyed . Now , in expectation of Jose , Browne is considering evacuate residents .
This is the 5th violent storm to transition into a hurricane this summertime . It was shortly followed by a sixth , Hurricane Katia , which currently linger around the Southern Gulf of Mexico . Hurricane season ordinarily peak around September 10 , so more storm are expected .
As expert presage , it has beena particularly busy season . accord toCNN Weather , this is the first time since 2010 that there have been three active hurricane in the Atlantic .
