Morning...looking at the sat loops from overnight, saw Bud peaked at Cat 4! Looks like it has crossed past 26C now, comparing to SST maps, and cloud tops have continued to warm, but nice larger clear eye, smaller, very symmetric, stable structure, windfield continues to pull in. What a very striking petite hurricane.

And it looks like Carlotta has become a small hurricane this morning, as well.

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From this morning's discussion on Bud:

BUD'S APPEARANCE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING TREND WITH WARMING CLOUD TOPS BUT THE EYE STILL REMAINS DISTINCT IN THE VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGES...BUD SHOULD BEGIN A QUICK DECLINE SINCE IT IS CURRENTLY OVER 25C SSTS