WxGuy1 wrote:Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:What doe's pressure have to do with upgrading a cyclone....The answer is not one darn thing.
No, but you have to do a reality check. My hunch is that they are waiting for a little bit more data before making a pretty significant upgrade.
they made 2 passes and both supported a lot more than a 120mph cane. With Wilma's proximity to the coast and forward speed i think its time to err on the side of caution, you know prepare the people for what might be coming. They can always come back and say the data was bad. It would be a lot easier than saying "we couldn't believe it intensified that quickly so we just chose to ignore the data."