“Will you please quit the downcasting?The models show nothing of the sort happening. “
?? The models show the eye staying off the coast, as you know the strongest winds are in the NE quadrant, that puts the strongest winds well off the coast.
The two primary models, the GFS and the Euro, show the eye going right up the coastline. Once again, please save your downcasting and media bashing for another day. Matthew appears to be bombing out with a massive pressure drop and this will, in all likelihood, be a extremely serious matter.