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Regional hurricane models had a large uptick at 18z for overnight intensity. Really wouldn’t be shocked at all to see a major overnight. Also, this is never going to be a photographic hurricane, too much shear for that

Easily the best satellite presentation of the system’s life right now. How spicy does it want to get overnight?

Very impressive ring of convection developing around the…. Eye…. Yes we have a legit eye now! Appears to be making another leap

FL supported 80 kts but they noted tail Doppler found slightly higher winds around them enough to justify the increase. With organization once again looking better there’s nothing to argue why further increases wouldn’t be expected tonight as well

Not a bad looking storm at all!

Yep. Core is there and it will be moving over slightly warmer waters too. Diurnal max will be the max for this system. Imo 95-105 kts is attainable

Recon seems supportive of 80 kts, closing in on cat 2 at a much more modest rate today

Looks like a legit eye to me but it’s only cleared out bc the convection waned and isn’t overshooting it from the SW I believe. Looks legit now

My expectation for most of the piedmont is 1" but I would not be surprised in the coastal convection robbed even more moisture and there is a screw zone of like 1/2" between here and PTI

Been on the same pattern since yesterday of convection really dying off during diurnal minimum but coming back with a vengeance overnight

Very impressive structure especially given the shear. If it maintains the current blow up of storms during the convective minimum that could allow significant intensification

Winds catching up to the pressure falls. Wouldn’t surprise me if recon found a cat 2 this morning. RI since yesterday morning in spite of shear. 40 mph increase since this time yesterday.

oh dear lord here we go again

Significant strengthening ongoing this pass

Incredible organization since this morning’s flight. The inner core is well on its way to becoming established. Very tight core too

Very good chance of severe weather across the south given the combination of a tropical system interacting with a strong jet and dry air shooting in the backside. Probably a tornado outbreak for the south

Hate seeing that convection showing up on the coast, that typically screws us in these tropical setups. Ive seen this dozens of times with a tropical system going west of the apps retrograding into a large non-tropical low where days of heavy rain modeled ends up as a singular line of strong storms while the coast gets inches of rain and the convection sits there. This is not a great setup for prolonged rain in the piedmont of NC. Eastern slopes of mountains will get pummeled though

Recon will tell us a lot here shortly. If this is going to make a run at a major, the bones need to be there now. A tight developing core would mean this likely goes major. Anything strung out and it probably doesn’t have time before shear inhibits it

From a public messaging perspective idk if we want to fall victim to ensuring everyone this falls apart before landfall especially if this, say it peaks as a cat 4 18 hours from landfall, and is roaring to the coast at 20 mph. That’s a big gamble

Agreed 100%. I don’t see how this doesn’t weaken and possibly significantly before landfall but it might be too late. That extremely fast motion into the coast is going to make this dangerous and likely have some jet streak interactions which could help it hold onto intensity longer than usual. I’m convinced tho that this exceeds most guidance (not unusual at all for this location especially with a small storm) in the short term

Small cyclone, nuclear grade water temps, BOC, divergent flow. This is going to explode today. Think even the aggressive models are undershooting intensity. Do not think this landfalls near peak intensity but next 24 hours I expect this to become a high end cane I’ve seen this look before in the gulf…

Regardless what happens on approach this thing is going to go boom today. That’s a heck of a satellite presentation this morning

Per Levi’s video yesterday this storm has trended to the exact thread the needle scenario he described to maximize intensity in this environment

Think we’re gonna make it all year without a hurricane then literally the last disturbance with a chance not only becomes a hurricane but now looks increasingly likely to become a major hurricane and threaten the gulf coast. Overnight pretty much all guidance ticked east and faster which aligns better with shear vector snd the right entrance region of the jet so now it’s finding the best runway available in the gulf to strengthen. The impressive organization overnight is no doubt the reason why, it is very clearly stronger than a lot of guidance had it at this point from yesterday. Not surprisingly, intensity has gone way up and I now think this becomes a major and I’m not convinced it doesn’t peak pretty close to the coast. This is becoming an increasingly dangerous situation for the coast. Mobile bay to Panama City seem to have the highest likelihood of landfall given overnight trends.

I’m not going to over analyze individual model runs but if it takes a track like the GFS shows that’s really bad for surge at the mouth of the Mississippi, bay St. Louis, biloxi bay, and possibly mobile bay. Landfall intensity is important but if this peaks maybe 6-8 hours before landfall any weakening would not affect surge potential at all. That’s a very bad track in that regard