Local weather guy says hurricane hunters are flying into the storm this afternoon and sampling it. Will be interesting to see what that data does to models
There are some big hits on a few members of the Euro Ensemble. Most of the models have a big system, but lots of differences on when and where it comes together and how much cold air there is.
I believe these winds are from the SW eyewall, assuming the NE eyewall is stronger, I think the case can be made this is already a Cat 5. Should know soon.
I think the whole weather community is going to be watching recon data flow in. It will be very interesting to see how recon compares to models, and how well the SPC has done in estimating its intensity so far. I think we could be dealing with a cat 5 very shortly.
Yeah, lots of chatter about the possibility of a large storm. Saw a post that the NWS blend of models was showing over a half inch of ice early next week. Typically the NWS seems to rely pretty heavily on that model.
Yeah, its looking that way but still a long way to go, and it could mean that we just never really cool off this evening.
With that said, the HRRR is still 3-4 degrees too warm at soon .
Yes, at least in the Mt. Vernon Missouri area. The current temp (11:30) at the university of Missouri extension office in Mt. Vernon is 36.3 and the 16z HRRR showed it being roughly 38 there at 11.