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  1. Radtechwxman
    I was hoping Josh would be there. Just to see footage from this. Going to be unreal. If anyone could pull it off, it would be him. Thanks everyone for looking into the radar situation. Too bad we have nothing to look at from that perspective but man this satellite imagery is wow.
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    Just may not have the funding like we do from government for NOAA. I mean look how outdated Canada's radars are. Not to get off topic. Would love to see Otis on radar. Also hoping for some HH footage.
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    I found a few sites that made it seem like I could view a radar from there but then loaded nothing. They also are really in the thick of it now so may be having issues.
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    Otis is just making a v-line for Acapulco. The satellite imagery just gives you a pit in your stomach. Those poor people
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    Is there any radar data to look at? Been searching but having 0 luck
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    Back to a cat 4 albeit high end. 155mph and pressure up a lot from last night 942mb. Lee definitely feeling the impacts of shear. You can see the restricted outflow on satellite in sw quadrant particularly.
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    Those are all valid points. Core was tiny and where it hit probably had no observation sites. As much as I would love to know the wind it produced on land, I'm glad it missed major population areas.
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    Wind reports seem very underwhelming for a high end cat 3 landfall. I guess part of that could be less populated area it's hitting. I haven't seen anything sustained hurricane wind reports or any gusts of major hurricane force.
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    I kind of figured it wasn't cat 4 anymore. I didn't think it would attempt an ewrc before landfall though because of fast forward motion but I was mistaken.
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    Halficane but instead of usual southern semi-circle being absent it's the eastern semi-circle. I know they kept it at 130mph cat 4 but I doubt it's cat 4 anymore imo. Regardless still going to be destructive esp with storm surge.
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    Se eyewall completely gone on radar again. Nw side still fierce
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    Pressure coming up. Not surprising. Looks ragged on satellite. Curious if we will see it drop below cat 4 before landfall.
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    If I was chasing this I would definitely want to be on nw side for this one because of lack of precip on e to se side. Going to be harder to get those good hurricane winds aloft without precip to mix it down.
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    Nw eyewall is wicked. So much lightning and intense precip returns. To the east not so much. Definitely agree that Idalia has likely peaked. Should either hold steady till landfall or maybe slightly weaken.
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    Eye disappearing on satellite now. Not sure if that's because of intense convection to the west obscuring it or possible weakening or leveling out now after maxing out.
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    Still curious why eastern to southeastern quadrant looks like dry air ate up precip when there really isn't any dry air issues showing up on water vapor. It has a tight core but not much precip on eastern side except the feeder bands. Very odd.
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    Yeah I'm not sure it will make cat 4. Running out of time quickly. Landfall could be in next few hours. Idalia is flying nne. Incredible lightning burst right now. Is recon still in there?
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    Well retract my last statement. Lol. That makes more sense.
  19. Radtechwxman
    Satellite would make you think it's still rapidly strengthening but pressures seem to be more steady according to recon. I'm surprised.
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    I noticed that on radar but on water vapor there really isn't any signs of dry air so kind of odd that's happening. Maybe a significant moat forming?
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    Satellite presentation improving. Idalia may just be making some internal changes before taking off. Starting to get deeper convection wrapping on western side now which has been severely lacking. Definitely seeing signs of eye trying to pop as well.
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    Dr. Greg Kostel on TWC just said they're flying in there now and finding steady pressures. Something is holding Idalia back right now. It's over the Loop Current for the next 12hrs or so where the highest OHC is. If the rapid intensification doesn't occur then, then the lower end of guidance probably going to verify with a strong cat 2 borderline cat 3. Regardless, still going to be a problem where it landfalls with storm surge and obviously destructive winds.
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    Last few frames of the satellite loop seem to have a more ne component to the storm motion. Could be a temporary wobble as the center establishes itself but curious if it will hold. This motion could cause more land interaction with Cuba. However, with Ian last year this actually helped to tighten up the core. The terrain isn't too mountainous on the western tip to cause a lot of disruption to the LLC.
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    That's pretty bad. For something that intense and obvious. 20K+ feet is definitely indicative of a significant EF2+ tornado and possibly EF3+. It's unfortunate the warning went without confirmed or PDS in wording because maybe that could have prevented loss of life. Regardless it should be in warning for obvious reasons.
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    That's insane. How high was the TDS being lofted?
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