Ryan Maue on twitter 12 mins ago: “Hurricane #Irma continues to intensify. Satellite estimates from GOES-16 are T 6.6 or 125-knots. Expecting steady growth to Cat 5.”
Working out from the eye, tallest convection spiral begins at 1 o’clock. Winds all the way around, 360, then around again to 9 o’clock.
That’s today’s...production. Symmetrical, a large area of laminar flow, no turbulence or friction, over warming water.
Wonder what happens next?