have we reached 'rapid intensification' yet?

45 mb drop in about 26 hours, and still going. eyeballing everything, sat and radar... I'm pegging a 280 motion the last couple of hours... another couple of hours and I'll be more than a wobble, it'll be the new heading. for the short term, it looks like the NHC has the direction right, (the intensity.... well, can't blame them for thinking it'd take longer to get together...)

if they have this one pegged on direction, give them all the credit in the world because this has been a difficult storm to project.

-Mark