4 1/2 hours later and Florence has dropped another 5 mph in sustained wind speed... so, go figure. Pat Robertson prayer group? About the only thing that was weakening this hurricane, far as I can tell. (that and 1/3 of it is over land)
So, yeah, it enters the gulfstream and drops to 100 mph max sustained winds (in the eye)
Still going to be very interesting to watch what this hurricane does and it still should drop an awful lot of rain. They have forecast 40 inches of rain for this hurricane, but that is the rain that accompanies the latest forecast for the hurricane path, which now they say it slows to human walking speed (2-3 mph) and meanders down the coastline, just offshore, but turns inland at the North Carolina/South Carolina border... so that's a day less in the water than the earlier path that went all the way to Charleston in the water.
The way the forecasted path has changed daily and the way the strength has done the opposite of what they forecasted... ya gotta sit and watch this hurricane to see what it really does.
latest snapshot: