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Things are starting to get fairly active, though storm mode has been very messy so far.

Rotation is really tightening up on the Cell east of Gary City

Looks to have weakened or occluded on the last scan. Looked really nasty before that.

PDS warning with the cell east of Clark. Very large TDS with that one.

This cell looks very impressive, the couplet is tightening up considerably. It has some junk to its south though so we'll see how it evolves. Edit; now has a small TDS

While it probably doesn't matter in regards to frequency of storms, there are definitely some climate factors that can be directly attributed to stronger storms. An easy one is heavy rainfall and flash flooding, though that's not what's being discussed here. Either way, people have to use common sense and trust that the NWS/NHC has nothing but their best interests in mind and even if they're not perfect (weather isn't en exact science) you should probably still take their warnings seriously. If you evacuated and your city/town was mostly or completely spared, just thank the lucky stars and move on. Distrust for government agencies is at an all-time high, and while some of it may be deserved, you don't get to complain if you're told to get out but don't.

Really makes me wonder how areas that were never in the eye went through

Englewood, then east and NE to Port Charlotte and North Port is where I expect the most wind damage from.

This is in Punta Gorda, where it took a while for the western eye to come in. It was probably worse (and far longer-lasting) a bit NW of there.

Jumped back up to over 6' after falling to about 4.5' a few minutes ago.

Winds picking up there as well after a brief lull, the same gauge now shows gusts over 70 mph. Not sure why the surge drained out so suddenly.

Now dropping like a rock

North Port has been getting walloped by the northern eyewall for hours now, looks like a fairly sizeable city too (relatively to the intercostal ones like Englewood).

And for areas just S and SW who have been in a lull, the backside winds still look fairly potent.

Wow, that last drop shows how strong the western part still is.

Just wow

Eye still looks great on radar, and still plenty of lightning too.

Good for them. I obviously don't wish anyone harm, but as a weather enthusiast I want to see the most beautiful storm possible.

IR presentation looks a hair better now than an hour ago, the eye is still filled in but looks a bit more symmetrical, though it might not fully clear out on visible.

We can pretend to be grateful about the eastern eyewall being incomplete on the main thread, but my inner weenie wants that eyewall fully encircled by stronger returns so badly.

Would likely help a bit. SE and E side continue to show structural issues on radar. Hopefully it stays that way.

If those stronger returns wrap into the eastern side of the eye, it'll probably become a bit more symmetrical (in regards to winds in all quadrants).

Now that is a big boy core