Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Guess you're smarter than the NHC as well. "...due to SSTs of at least 85 deg F beneath the hurricane..."
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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2018/al14/al142018.discus.014.shtml?
86F is a far cry from 90F when you look at what it does to the kinetic energy of a cyclone. It can mean the difference between an 890 vs a 930 mb category 4 hurricane, certainly yielding a wind difference that's larger than 15 mph.