Great work on your graphics, very helpful, but want to clarify. Only the core winds diminish in speed and coverage, by the models? Is this simplified, or do the outer bands retain strength? If so, is this standard behavior after landfall, or is it due to the peninsula’s width? (Outer bands remain over water.)
If Irma goes right up Florida, it would decrease more slowly than a normal landfalling hurricane since some of its circulation would still be over water.