In forecast:
” ... sustained winds 115 to 125 mph and gusts in the most affected areas!” [snip]
Is there any reasonable chance that such winds will kick up any time soon?
The eye wall is still over the ocean and has much stronger winds than the sustained 50mph seen over land. Also the winds over land are in the opposite direction (north) from storm movement so that would be 64mph if the storm were standing still. But the big factor is the proximity to the eyewall and until that gets onshore we won’t see anything like 100+