Yeah he’s definitely going to get low level help regardless of the mid-level banding.
It’ll be interesting to see if it’s a burp or a Messenger shuffle. That death band went from N.NH at 12z to over Dryslot at 18z. That feature is going to be where the 15”+ happens IMO, wherever it ends up. I picture that as just a constant 30-40dbz ripping.