[steveegg]

Yep, that's the fresh one. My guess is they didn't get a good dropsonde drop, so they extrapolated from the altitude of the aircraft (item B).

While the pressure is extrapolated this time around, here's the major changes from the last eye fix of about 4 1/2 hours ago -

• The pressure has dropped 53 mb (that's right, 53 mb)
• The max flight-level winds have gone up 61 knots (for those of you without calculators handy, that's 70 mph)
• The eye has shrunk in half to 4 nm wide

I think I heard the collective "Oh <expletive deleted>!" from those still awake in Florida all the way up here in Wisconsin.

[Termite_Commander]

Holy Cow.

[steveegg]

5 1/2 hours ago, even (it's early in the hurricane cycle and I'm already pulling a Franklin :-)

At least I didn't add the motion based on that error. It's to the northwest (318 degrees) at about 4.4 mph.

[geopyg]

MAX FL WIND 162 KT NE QUAD 04:31:30 Z

What does the "FL" mean?

This 162 knots is off the chart (literally).

[laz]

I think I heard the collective "Oh !" from those still awake in Florida all the way up here in Wisconsin.

One of those you heard was me. I'm still awake here in Miami, wide awake, after reading about that pressure drop and the increase in wind speed. She's bombing out faster than Rita!