I wanted to expand on something this morning to explain why NHC and some models show a decrease in max winds with Irma as she heads into the Bahamas and eventually up into CONUS waters. The reason NHC and some models have the storm weakening as far as max wind speeds is due to the expected expansion of the wind field within the cyclone. As the storm gains latitude, we're going to see the size of Irma increase and the hurricane/tropical storm force wind field expand out incrementally. When the sy