Ian’s eyewall replacement is complete & there’s a new burst of inner core lightning in the upshear (SW) quadrant of the eyewall, which may signal of an ongoing period of re-intensification. The absence of a hole on the imagery is just high level cloud cover. Regardless, hurricane-force winds should move onshore SW FL within several hours.
In flight data shows a rise of a few millibars in pressure. Still waiting for dropsonde data to confirm.
