After strengthening to a 160MPH super typhoon, Saomai weakened before landfall, with sat-derived estimates dropping as low as 115MPH +/- ... but, like a cruel joke, this may have been during an eyewall replacement cycle. Since that time, the eyewall has rebuilt into a solid stainless steel grinder of ferocious thunderstorms, and cloud tops all the ( Read more... )

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"Compare and contrast," right?


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