IR and radar refl is looking better in the NE quad over the past 45 mins but agree with landfalling MB range and upper end Cat 4. Radar does indicate some late stage tightening of the eyewall.
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Tropical Major Hurricane Laura
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IR and radar refl is looking better in the NE quad over the past 45 mins but agree with landfalling MB range and upper end Cat 4. Radar does indicate some late stage tightening of the eyewall.
Henry2326
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I think she has little more.....
BufordWX
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Looks like a tornado may have touched down near the Pecan Island area.
Dewpoint Dan
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150 people in Cameron refused to leave. So im assuming the death toll will be at least 150.
snowlover91
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Based on this VDM the pressure would be around 939mb, a slight rise from the 937mb previously.
Henry2326
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Downeastnc
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Recon finding lower surface winds in the W and SW sides at least a lot of Cat 2 level winds at the surface....that north side though......
snowlover91
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IMO not enough to upgrade this to a cat 5. I'd want to see pressure continuing to fall and flight level winds 150-155kts to consider it being a cat 5. The S side of the storm is looking much healthier on radar recently, maybe one last push to get there but probably will maintain where it is until landfall.
NOAA2 looks headed to N eyewall to me
BufordWX
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You don’t usually see this much tornadic activity this close to the eye wall of a hurricane.
snowlover91
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Henry2326
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00z NAM....932.....slightly east
Stormsfury
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NOAA2 1st pass did find flight level winds of 145kts on the graph, however it doesn't appear to have translated well to the surface...looks like I'm seeing unflagged 125kts on SMFR...
ForsythSnow
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Let's please keep the unrelated stuff out of this thread
ForsythSnow
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939 mb 150mph maintained at 11pm advisory.
934.4mb, 121kts in wrn eyewall
Damn I thought that was a solid question. Back to the stock thread ??
snowlover91
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Yeah with the southern half of the system rapidly improving based on the Houston radar it might see another pressure drop and wind increase... especially if that southern eyewall can go from 30-40dbz up to 50+dbz like the northern one is.
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Hurricane Laura Advisory Number 29
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
1000 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE LAURA CLOSING IN ON THE NORTHWEST
GULF COAST...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...
SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.0N 93.2W
ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM S OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM SE OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...939 MB...27.73 INCHES
Hurricane Laura Advisory Number 29
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
1000 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE LAURA CLOSING IN ON THE NORTHWEST
GULF COAST...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...
SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...29.0N 93.2W
ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM S OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM SE OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...939 MB...27.73 INCHES
Henry2326
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Stormsfury
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Beat me to it... I only got it from the updated forecast advisory from NHC
snowlover91
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Not sure I would trust SFMR data at this point with proximity to land and shallow waters... flight level winds were only 100kts or so.
EastAtlwx
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Awkward to find people talking about me on Twitter like this lol 
Stormsfury
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Yeah, it looked like Laura ingested some land air with the mid level undercut of shear that tried to infiltrate into the core, which might be getting burped out now...
She also slowed a bit to 13mph...down from 15 earlier..
snowlover91
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Compare this.
To this... significant improvements on the S side of the system.
To this... significant improvements on the S side of the system.
Brad Arnold has a stream up on livestormchasing
Henry2326
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thanksgivingbrown
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Home in Lake Charles with night vision cameras. This should be interesting to watch as storm surge rises:
CentralALWX
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Awesome thanks for sharing??
Pressure down to 933 mb.
Henry2326
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00z NAM forecast 932
BufordWX
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Never seen such a large mass of tornado warnings with a landfalling hurricane before. Entire spiral bands are basically being tornado warned.
CentralALWX
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If you notice in the bottom right of this live stream, you can see the lady from the weather channel.
BufordWX
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Over 100 mile of the Louisiana coastline is now under a tornado warning with the eye-wall moving in next. Dang...
Henry2326
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I feel like this is the only time where TWC deserves to be turned on...haha
Hey uh what
snowlover91
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Hey uh what
In the eastern eyewall and looks like they nailed it perfectly on this drop... I think with the pressure dropping again and this dropsonde it could be bumped up to 155mph.