CrazyC83 wrote:grapealcoholic wrote:Kohlecane wrote:Not to sure about that, they can always move up intensity as the day and advisories go on. Very rarely do they ever throw the M on there right off the bat, I could be wrong but not from what I can recall with a highly likely LF storm, seen it with OTS and MDR storms though of of first advisories with a cone!
Maybe not quite an M with the first advisory, but certainly a hurricane -- and Houston is currently the bullseye.
What is the strongest the NHC has ever forecast within 5 days on advisory #1?
Hurricane Iota in 2020 with 110 mph winds expected at landfall
12H 14/0000Z 14.0N 75.0W 35 KT 40 MPH
24H 14/1200Z 13.8N 76.0W 45 KT 50 MPH
36H 15/0000Z 13.9N 77.3W 60 KT 70 MPH
48H 15/1200Z 14.1N 79.0W 70 KT 80 MPH
60H 16/0000Z 14.5N 80.9W 85 KT 100 MPH
72H 16/1200Z 14.9N 82.7W 95 KT 110 MPH
96H 17/1200Z 15.2N 85.7W 50 KT 60 MPH...INLAND
120H 18/1200Z 14.7N 88.3W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW