the latest vortex says the inner eyewall is decaying. that's what it looks like on visible as well.. you can see the gap. diameter of the outer eyewall is 50nm. the inner one is going now, so the outer one should start contracting in. should get a good run of intensification going later this afternoon.
people are talking about the models wavering.. they're actually still pretty well painted on southeastern louisiana, as a previous poster said. almost all of them are btw pascagoula and houma. center of that spread is the delta up to west of biloxi. the official is shaded left from that, almost directly over new orleans.
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