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THE SHIPS MODEL CALLS FOR A PEAK INTENSITY OF 99 KT...THE LGEM MODEL 94 KT...THE GFDL 111 KT...AND THE HWRF 137 KT. THE LATTER IS DEFINITELY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE INTENSITY FORECAST IS INCREASED OVER THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IN BEST AGREEMENT WITH THE GFDL. HOWEVER...IT WOULD BE NO SURPRISE IF RAPID INTENSIFICATION OCCURRED AND GUSTAV BECAME A CATEGORY 4 OR 5 HURRICANE BY 72 HR. Just a clip from the discussion of the NHC from that 11pm EDT update. |