re: Hurricane Maria - Visiting the Outer Banks before Moving OTS

wheels should be up in the next 30 minutes who the hell knows what they will find.

Remembering that shocking Wilma recon right now. We knew she was strong and the recon gets in there and starts spitting out 880s. Jaw dropper. 100 mb drop in 30 hours.

*IM NOT saying anyone should expect those sorts of numbers, dropping that low in like seven hours is unthinkable.*

Thanks Slackster. I think it's pretty clear according to those models that Maria likely not be a threat to Florida and possibly the rest of the CONUS unless something drastic changes. The NHC is usually pretty good with track in the 3-5 day frame, I just dont know if this is one of those times where too many variables will have unknown effects thereby leaving open the possibility of larger than normal path corrections within the 5 day track. It appears Florida will never vibe in the cone if the trends continue.

Meanwhile on Barbuda

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Ambassador Ronald Sanders, the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda's ambassador to the United States, delivered a chilling report on the status of his country in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

"The damage is complete," Sanders told PRI's The Takeaway. "For the first time in 300 years, there’s not a single living person on the island of Barbuda — a civilization that has existed on that island for over 300 years has now been extinguished."

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LINK

In other news looks like Lee is about to surrender again

On her current path, I'm really worried we'll be hearing similar stories off Dominica. Lining up for a direct hit as a Category 5.

That's a strong Dvorak presentation. I can't do the whole T# thing, but I'm seeing people saying 7-7.3 which is strongly in Cat 5 territory.

For those curious, the scale tops out at 8. Here is Hiayan when he scored an 8.

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Brightside, there's an outer eyewall starting to form up on radar. Downside is recon missed the peak if so and windfield expands (if it takes) once done.

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