Omar has intensified tonight and now has top winds of 115 mph. This makes it a category three hurricane. The pressure as reported as recon is 967 mb.
The center of the hurricane is passing just southeast of St. Croix.
The great news is that it is moving quickly to the northeast at 20 mph on a course that may alow it to thread the needle between the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Strong tropical storm force winds are likely buffeting St. Croix right now. They may see sustained hurricane force winds, but they are on the left side of the storm, which is in their favor.
Tropical storm force winds will affect all of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the western half of the British Virgin Islands, but the core and strongest winds may thread the needle…
