[steveegg]

Does this mean that its eyewall has been replaced and it will now strengthen or speed up again?

I am not good enough of an amateur to interpret this one. That last Vortex was rather full of holes. We'll have a full update from the NHC inside of an hour.

[WxMan2000]

New Vortex Message:

URNT12 KNHC 221948Z
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 22/1913Z
B. 25 DEG 44 MIN N
89 DEG 13 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2329 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 43 DEG 133 KT
G. 309 DEG 10 NM
H. 913 MB
I. 13 C/ 3059 M
J. 20 C/ 3044 M
K. 16 C/ NA
L. OPEN NE-SE
M. C018-48
N. 12345/7
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA3 1818A RITA OB 37
MAX FL WIND 133 KT NW QUAD 1910Z
EXCELLENT RADAR PRESENTATION

Looks like we still have two eyewalls...but that the inner wall is opening up further. Satellite presentation continues to improve, and the pressure has dropped two millibars from its high earlier today.