1. I'm taking the 12Z Euro's stronger storm with a huge grain. The Euro often tends to be volatile with strength forecasts (this run even significantly strengthened her inland at the FL/GA border...not gonna happen folks) and I expect a weaker solution at one or both of the 18Z/0Z runs. All other major models (GFS/CMC/UKMET/ICON/JMA/NAVGEM) are significantly weaker and the Euro hasn't done well overall with Elsa. Even the often overhyped JMA has her very weak.
2. 12Z UKMET:
MET OFFICE TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE FOR NORTH-EAST PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC
GLOBAL MODEL DATA TIME 1200UTC 05.07.2021
TROPICAL STORM ELSA ANALYSED POSITION : 21.7N 80.9W
ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL052021
LEAD CENTRAL MAXIMUM WIND
VERIFYING TIME TIME POSITION PRESSURE (MB) SPEED (KNOTS)
-------------- ---- -------- ------------- -------------
1200UTC 05.07.2021 0 21.7N 80.9W 1010 29
0000UTC 06.07.2021 12 23.2N 82.8W 1011 29
1200UTC 06.07.2021 24 25.1N 83.4W 1011 35
0000UTC 07.07.2021 36 27.5N 83.9W 1009 37
1200UTC 07.07.2021 48 29.7N 83.6W 1007 34
0000UTC 08.07.2021 60 32.2N 82.9W 1005 26
1200UTC 08.07.2021 72 34.3N 80.6W 1003 30
0000UTC 09.07.2021 84 36.7N 76.7W 1003 40
1200UTC 09.07.2021 96 39.4N 72.0W 997 47
0000UTC 10.07.2021 108 43.1N 66.4W 996 43
1200UTC 10.07.2021 120 48.0N 59.1W 999 37
0000UTC 11.07.2021 132 53.2N 50.8W 999 33
1200UTC 11.07.2021 144 POST-TROPICAL