It's been a very long time since October started this cool, I'm used to seeing 80s every time.
On that note we probably will see 80 pre cold front Friday
Correct, the hybrid definition fits since it's also entangled in the trough and lacks a core.
I do think if it had a couple days it might try to rebuild a core. It will try though hence the models intensifying it before landfall.
The complacency and hubris is the killer. Yeah let's just build a city partially underwater. Let's build floating neighborhoods in a known hurricane region.
But blocking patterns and warmer sea surface temperatures have elevated surge/flooding. Hurricanes peaking before landfall like Michael was unheard of.
It's 100% correct which is why everyone's so triggered. They don't want to face that reality.
But my pushback is that storms like this have happened before so any isolated event needs to be looked at carefully and not lumped into a broader narrative.
I think it's honestly more concerning that people continue to build heavily in obvious death trap regions like Cape Coral. How is that crap even legal.
Not enough to really intensify as the core is completely gone.
It's still structurally sound and could get a baroclinic assist but anything beyond a high end TS or low end Cat 1 will be impossible
I still can't get over the hubris of people building in zones where hurricanes happen and where eventual sea level rises will wash developments away.
Cape Coral is literally a death trap
That's good with regards to flooding however the movement NE will still be very slow across the peninsula so someone's gonna get 20-25" minimum.
Unfortunately the odds of another landfall continue to rise and models that do take that route restrengthen the storm.
Ft. Myers area in danger now for direct hit however biggest danger overall will be the flooding for most of central FL.
A stall or very slow movement is likely over Florida which means catastrophic rainfall totals of 20-40" with isolated amounts even higher than that.