@RyanMaue (Twitter)

Going truly deep in Florence rainfall: It will likely dump 18 trillion gallons of rain, @RyanMaue calculates. That's same amount of water as in Chesapeake Bay, enough to coat entire state of TX with 4 inches of H2O.

Now almost 50-years of global hurricane data. No trends in frequency in number of named storms or those that reach hurricane-force

Major Hurricane Irma now ... I'd be surprised if storm didn't become Cat 5 during next 5-7 days. Many EPS ensembles are very intense.

Oh my ... Hurricane #Irma just entered "beast mode" ... incredible convection flaring. Satellite estimates now > T 7.0 and Category 5.

Obsessed with @RyanMaue twitter feed right now..

Oh my ... Hurricane #Irma just entered "beast mode" ... incredible convection flaring. Satellite estimates now > T 7.0 and Category 5.

Major Hurricane Irma now ... I'd be surprised if storm didn't become Cat 5 during next 5-7 days. Many EPS ensembles are very intense.