Irma continues as a Category 5 hurricane this morning, having
passed over Barbuda a few hours ago.  Earlier data from an Air Force
Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft included SFMR winds near 155 kt
and that the central pressure had fallen to 914 mb inside the 25 n
mi wide eye.  There has been little change in the satellite
appearance of the hurricane since that time, so the initial
intensity remains 160 kt.