That recon data sounds about right, alright. Last couple of frames before eclipse showed consolidation of very cold tops in the eyewall, while the eye itself was clearing out smartly. Baring something unforeseen, our next few images which will be available for viewing, post-eclipse, leading up to and upon landfall might be pretty ugly. The silver lining remains the nuances of this cyclone which, unless it either a) suddenly slows way down and/or b) directly hits one of the very isolated population-dense locales, loss of life may still be far lower than might be expected in such a ferocious hurricane, as was the case with Dean, as well. Absolutely no guarantee of this, of course.

On the other side of the canal, Henriette continues to organize, and is likely to be declared a hurricane before dawn on the west coast. Her internals looked -really- good for a TC in that area. Models are now fairly tightly clustered on affecting the southwest with her remnants, perhaps even including some tropical storm-like conditions here or there.

I've been following some Felix coverage on Nicaraguan tele:
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