2024 Tropical Weather Thread

Now a Cat 4- 150mph winds as of 9am EST

The 4AM NHC update had peak winds at 145mph and now the 7AM has them at 155mph. With the storm already at 150mph and a lot of warm water and low shear left to go, I'd have to think they're going to revise it upward again. One thing we are seeing with these Gulf storms is that NHC intensity forecasting almost always plays out to be conservative.