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Tropical Hurricane Ian

So, in a storm of modeling inconsistency....I would say 1, that I can think of quickly, was the fact that this area near the coastline was the "BEST" shot at keeping strength and or strengthening to landfall. ie the only spot in the GOM that this wasn't going to get torn apart by shear and dry air *ie NGOM*
 
This could be an instance where they go back and reclassify as a cat 5 at the end of the season but this thing is coming to a crawl and has hours over water. Storms firing on the east and southeast side now so looks like the eastern eyewall is catching up to the west. With a fully closed eye and one that’s clearing out, cat 5 seems almost certain at this point.
 
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