Mayo mesonet station now in tropical storm conditions. This should get a piece of the NE eyewall once inland: https://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/station.php?id=121
The embedding isn't working, but apparently some rando is flying their private jet into the eye of Helene and core punching it. The plane definitely isn't associated with any NOAA or Hurricane Hunters mission according to the registration data.
https://x.com/ou_sams/status/1839438191641919744
FYI, if you see a rainfall graphic depicting 15" - 30" of rain forecast by the NWS in the hill county of South Carolina, it is made in error and not valid. They have since updated the infographic.
Not really sure where else to put this, but some big NWS news today. The director stated at the NWA conference that WSR-88D radar is being "phased out" starting in the mid 2030s and the public facing website is getting an "overhaul".