via Twitter: Ryan Maue / @RyanMaue ·5m
Hurricane Sally sure is taking advantage of the optimal conditions for intensification.
Models may indeed have underestimated the rapid intensification underway.
A major hurricane not out of the question if the current strengthening phase continues for 12-18 hours.
The dreaded slow forward movement provides additional time needed to strengthen, and dump torrential rains.
Sally is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h).
This general motion is expected to continue today, followed by a
decrease in forward speed and a turn toward the northwest tonight
and a northward turn sometime on Tuesday. On the forecast track,
the center of Sally will move over the north-central Gulf of Mexico
today, approach southeastern Louisiana tonight, and make landfall
in the hurricane warning area on Tuesday or Tuesday night.
Afterward, Sally is expected to move slowly north-northeastward
near the northern Gulf Coast through Wednesday.Forecaster Brown
Looks like my guess that the strong side hitting Mobile - Pensacola is more likely than when I thought it this weekend.