sustained winds of 150 so is now a Cat 4.
do expect it to strengthen. Still KTRK
It'll drop. The last hurricane hunter aircraft report had the winds up at their flight level down to 125 knots (140ish mph) and those are usually slightly higher than ground-level winds. I'd lay odds they'll report it no higher than 140 mph at their 5:00 pm EDT update. But, it will strengthen again once the eyewall replacement is complete. Will it get back to 175 mph? Probably not. But like Max Mayfield said, the difference between Cat 3 and Cat 4 is whether you get run over by an 18-wheeler or a freight train. They're both messy.
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