StormPyrate wrote:jdjaguar wrote:Ida is already projected CAT 4 at landfall...
and that may be an understatement.
I'll go on record with sub 920 at landfall, judging from its current form and path.
none of the 18z models supports that, lowest I saw was 933
None of the model outputs had foreseen the extreme intensities of many previous historic storms either. At this point it's in nowcasting territory.