Right up the centerline. I’m hearing hurricane force wind gusts predicted as far north as ATL.
In the midst of all of the destruction and death about to fall on our nation, I was thinking about a trip to the Keys 10 years ago.
On Big Pine Key is the National Key Deer Refuge. They are an endangered species found in only one place in the world, the Florida Keys.
Big Pine Key is about halfway between Marathon and Key West.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/National_Key_Deer_Refuge/
I really hope that the entire population isn’t wiped out by this hurricane.
Not good news. All the Big Prep has been on the Atlantic coast side from Keys all the way to South Carolina. Yet, with every new model the track is shifting to more and more of a Key West/Gulf Coast Storm. Miami and south Florida are still going to get pounded, but the shotgun is pointing more and more at Ft. Myers, Naples, Sarasota, Tampa.
The second bit of bad news is the eye replacement cycle seems to be nearing completion and a reorganization phase is going to follow.
We really need this storm to dip even further south and start interacting with Cuba to sap the fuel away for restrenghtening.