still moving almost due west..maybe a tad north at 275-280 degrees..take a look at the vis loop....you can see the "hurricane" within the hurricane..aka the inner core
Airport in New Orleans still running as normal today, tomorrow call the airline for status of flights.
Meteorologist on easternuswx.com:
"The visible imagery and recon data show a classic thermodynamic replacement cycle. The inner-eye was becoming too unstable as noted in recon and sat data. Expect a period of marked strengthening to begin in the next 12 hours as the outer convective ring begins to contract. Some of the experimental mesoscale models that I am working on are showing explosive deepening later this evening...in fact...some them are deepening the vortex to the higher end of theoretical limits based on SST and upper-tropospheric temps. This is likely a result of model oversensitivity to physics paramertizations. Regardless...this is a beautiful thing to watch."
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