Holy shit. Recon finds that #Milton is all of a sudden among the most intense Gulf of Mexico hurricanes on record.

I’ve said “holy shit” a lot today

Wilma vibes since its inception

"The past is not prologue" - the new slogan for weather forecasters

I'm like 90% sure they hit a turbulent structure, not representative of the mean. Way higher than flight-level winds, precipitous drop in aircraft altitude, spike in temperature and humidity measurements. But I've been wrong about this storm before.