that sinking air that has the biggest rotation, the biggest wind. all of a sudden, we re talking about how big can the wind be. well, it depends on where this storm is. is this storm right down the middle of the path, right to the national hurricane center, but there is the storm, if that happens, then we ll be still in that 120 to 140 category. if the storm falls apart or turns left a little bit, we have a big difference in the forecast. if the storm turns left, even orlando will hit the hurricane forecast, hurricane windfall. if it falls further off shore, then we only get those hurricane winds off there on the shore. that s what we hope for, a right turn or an eye wall cycle that blows everything up, wolf. a lot of us remember katrina in 2005, the construction it did along the gulf coast, new orleans specifically. that was, what, a category 4 hurricane as well, right?
down to a category four. that s good, we want a weaker storm but if it does the eye wall cycle, it can regenerate before it gets to the coast. it could easily be a five at landfall. here is a clear picture of the zoomed in eye. this is crooked island here in the southern bahamas. let s get to the all-important pass of the storm. this is the critical time here, 2 a.m. sunday. you notice the cone, still a very slim chance it misses to the east and to the west. florida is right in the direct center of cone. we don t know yet will this shift a little bit to the west and be a wrs blow more storm and they have tornadoes ahead in