2024 Tropical Weather Thread

This looks like some pretty rapid intensification. :eek:
Just how favorable are the conditions for having this thing strengthen significantly before landfall???
It's going to intensify until shortly before landfall, so it's got all night tonight, then all day tomorrow and part of Wednesday. Then it'll hit that same cold front that's giving us this nice weather, which should introduce some dry air and sheer, which should at least halt intensification. Timing is the question. If it hits the sheer sooner, it could take it down a peg before landfall, but don't count on much.