Does not compute...
One MIGHT argue that the 2nd strongest Atlantic storm in history is being over hyped.
ALL of the computer models were showing that the storm was going to stay north of Puerto Rico. The coastal buoys showed that if you are not near the eye wall of this hurricane, then it is a non-event.
This "hype" is similar to the Mathew news media last year when Drudge ran a headline that essentially asked where are Mathew's devastating winds? The answer is nobody saw the 140 kt winds that the news media was hyping 24/7.
MM DD TIME (AST) WDIR WSPD kts GST kts
09 06 1:54 pm NNW 32.1 46.0
The highest wind gust I saw at this particular weather station on Puerto Rico was 45 kts. This is hardly the storm of the century but it is sufficient with presstitute hype to scare the average citizen into action.
This track does NOT show the track just north of Puerto Rio but it was pretty close to PR at the North East corner of the island where this wx station is located.
Don't be surprised if Drudge runs another headline that asks where is the wind measurement that agrees with the NHC storm wind speed description? Unless you are in the eye wall, this is a very small hurricane and is not a problem.
Similarly, the NHC is still showing the forecast track to hit the east end of the Fla Keys when the models are (mostly) showing a trend that the storm will pass to the east of Miami. Unless you are in the eyewall, it is NOT going to cause significant damage.