Hurricane Ophelia Heads Toward Ireland | Hurricane Ophelia Strengthens And Is Already Category 3 Hurricane Ophelia is now type 3, with utmost sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour. In this way, Ophelia becomes the 6th hurricane of foremost category of the season 2017 in the Atlantic. Ophelia, the 10th hurricane of any successive category of the season in the Atlantic, continues its go forward and this Saturday is expected to pass southeast of the Azores on its way to the UK, the US National Hurricane Center supposed. Ophelia's forecast trajectory is that she will move toward Ireland as well as Britain next Monday and Tuesday. And although the cold northern waters entail that this hurricane will not have the strength of current cyclones that devastated the US, it is likely to produce hurricane winds. For further report, check out this below…! Hurricane Ophelia Heads Toward Ireland | Hurricane Ophelia Strengthens And Is Already Category 3 Hurricane Ophelia is now type 3, with utmost sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour. In this way, Ophelia becomes the 6th hurricane o... View More Images/Posts 4:02 PM