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I do think that some reintensification is possible...HOWEVER, some of the inflow will be disrupted by Cuba and other landmasses.  That may counteract any possible strengthening. Just because the eye is over water doesn't mean strengthening is guaranteed.  If any part of the inflow is being disrupted by terrain and a dryer airmass, that can help disrupt things.

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2 minutes ago, PackGrad05 said:

I do think that some reintensification is possible...HOWEVER, some of the inflow will be disrupted by Cuba and other landmasses.  That may counteract any possible strengthening. Just because the eye is over water doesn't mean strengthening is guaranteed.  If any part of the inflow is being disrupted by terrain and a dryer airmass, that can help disrupt things.

The models have the pressure dropping over the straights, which is indicative of a strengthening system. Charley did it.

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4 minutes ago, PackGrad05 said:

I do think that some reintensification is possible...HOWEVER, some of the inflow will be disrupted by Cuba and other landmasses.  That may counteract any possible strengthening. Just because the eye is over water doesn't mean strengthening is guaranteed.  If any part of the inflow is being disrupted by terrain and a dryer airmass, that can help disrupt things.

It has nearly perfect outflow, it won't be near the higher elevations of Cuba, and the water its going into is not only hot, but deep. The size of the storm will mitigate dry air, and the shear environment is almost non existent until it gets to the keys.

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Just now, Crazy4Wx said:

The models have the pressure dropping over the straights, which is indicative of a strengthening system. Charley did it.

If the size of the storm is increasing that may put a cap on how much it can strengthen.  Charley (as well as Andrew) were both pretty small systems.

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Just now, Paragon said:

If the size of the storm is increasing that may put a cap on how much it can strengthen.  Charley (as well as Andrew) were both pretty small systems.

Sure...I do not think it will get back up to 185mph before Landfall...but you never want a deepening system at Landfall and that is what the models are projecting.

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1 minute ago, Crazy4Wx said:

Sure...I do not think it will get back up to 185mph before Landfall...but you never want a deepening system at Landfall and that is what the models are projecting.

Also that area is really marshy so it won't weaken as quickly when it hits land.  

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1 minute ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Henry Margusity not buying Euro at all and makes a good point why.  This thing will likely try to avoid hitting Cuba by doing the usual tip toeing around land.  That may be enough of a jog occurring when it does that for it to verify closer to the hurricane models or GFS 

Even the 06Z GEFS has limited  members over Miami - Ensemble Mean is over Ft. Myers. 

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Just now, PackGrad05 said:

Does the NHC update the cones at the 8AM and 2PM advisories?  I thought the track was only adjusted at the 11 and 5 ones?  Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I believe you are correct, I'm a bit fearful that the new cone at 11 AM will be more shifted to the left, I'm getting more and more worried that here just outside of Tampa we will be getting closer to the Eye wall. I also really hope people don't get a false sense of security if the max winds continue to decrease a little bit or don't bump back up because I think the worst part of this storm is going to be the length of time that many places will be under Hurricane and TS force winds. Many places will be dealing with these winds for 8+ hours, when adding in the rain this will lead to many trees being uprooted/torn apart with debris flying around and can cause severe damage with broken windows or worse.

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3 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Henry Margusity not buying Euro at all and makes a good point why.  This thing will likely try to avoid hitting Cuba by doing the usual tip toeing around land.  That may be enough of a jog occurring when it does that for it to verify closer to the hurricane models or GFS 

I agree. Also the 0z Euro has a west track that should begin right around now and last for a good part of the day. If that doesn't happen, or is shorter in duration than advertised, the LF near the SW coast is far less likely. Either way, we should find out over the next  6-12 hrs if this south/west trend is real. 

 

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13 minutes ago, StormChaser4Life said:

Irma took a good hit last night with the ERC. Curious if it will recover. Looks like it could be mighty close to Cuba

 

Yeah.  The inner eyewall is persistent and not giving away easily.  And it might make impacts in Cuba less severe.  But this thing still likely has 3 days over mostly juicy conditions.  I'm afraid that's plenty of time for this outer eyewall to take over and contract.

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1 minute ago, Roy said:

Some people wondered if the west trend would continue, and it keeps happening. People in Miami may never listen to evacuation orders again....

They'll still get insanely bad wind damage regardless.  Likely worse than Wilma where they were gusting 90-100 and the damage was pretty severe.  If they get 110-120 mph gust even with the center 60 miles west of them it's a bad event 

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2 minutes ago, Roy said:

Some people wondered if the west trend would continue, and it keeps happening. People in Miami may never listen to evacuation orders again....

You evacuate due to the possibility of a major hitting your area, not because it is certain.  By the time it is certain, it is too late and many are now in harms way.  This has been the way it has gone for years.  Silly comment.  Those folks know it is an abundance of caution.

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2 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I agree. Also the 0z Euro has a west track that should begin right around now and last for a good part of the day. If that doesn't happen, or is shorter in duration than advertised, the LF near the SW coast is far less likely. Either way, we should find out over the next  6-12 hrs if this south/west trend is real. 

 

Yeah and right now its certainly moving North of Due West.

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15 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

What's the take on the lower Keys?  The west comments all talk about the peninsula but I've seen little in the way of Key West, etc.

The further west it tracks, the more of the middle/upper keys will get over wash, but I expect the lower keys will get Gulf side flooding.

 

For what over wash will do, google some 1935 Islamorada storm pics. Especially the ones with the train engine.

ETA: Here is a pic from the wiki page on the '35 storm. Note that the damage was what happened after the reef mitigated the surge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane

 

 

Train_derailed_by_the_1935_hurricane.jpg

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34 minutes ago, Paragon said:

Some people have the idea that they're going to escape the surge by going higher up- which is really bad for the reasons you stated.  I'm not sure this can get back to Cat 5 again but it's definitely better to have it weakening right now than start intensifying from 170 later on- I'm not sure where that'd lead and really not willing to find out (even from afar.)

 

In addition to going high up in tall buildings, in a city such as Maimi, there are high-rise buildings close toghether that will cause an "Venturi effect" that will increase the winds between them.

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