Did you ever look up the steer from the mid-atlantic, This storm is going to lose the gulf stream now, but get influenced by the jet stream. I don’t see any factor that would allow maintaining or strengthening.
It's actually having its outflow enhanced by the jet stream.
The storm has slowed down which is not good. The winds no matter the strength and rain will last longer. Where I am, just east of Philly they are predicting 12 inches of rain. We had an hour of steady rain and flooding already started. The issue will be flooding and surge, especially in the big cities.
, This storm is going to lose the gulf stream now, but get influenced by the jet stream. I don’t see any factor that would allow maintaining or strengthening.
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Not to worry, NOAA is controlled by “the Won”, despite all previous records this HUGE HURRICANE(tropical depression now) will probably now turn into a cat 3 again.