Well, looking at the 615Z and 645Z images...a couple of observations.
The whiteness of the clouds around the core shows how intense the storm has become (the cold cloud tops). The convection is symmetrical and deep and covers the entire core.
The large eye will have some ability to contract and I may be wrong about this but doesn't that lower the pressure and will result in increase in windspeed.
Because the storm is larger the radius of powerful winds will be larger.
Now the storm, yes, looks as good as Emily did the day she skirted the south coast of Cuba (it is considerably larger as well)
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