September 25, 2026 Polo spent the last day getting meaner. Thursday afternoon, he was a Category 4 at 150 mph, wrapping up an eyewall replacement cycle. Hurricane Hunters flew him, the inner eyewall died, the …
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🌀 POLO UPDATE #2: Okay… THAT escalated.
Since this morning, Polo has gone from a hurricane to an extremely powerful Category 5, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph and a central pressure of 892 mb. A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft investigated Polo this afternoon and …
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🌪️ Hurricane Season Novela: Polo Goes From Cat 1 to Cat 5 in Less Than 24 Hours
September 22, 2026 Well. That escalated quickly. When we last checked in on the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Polo was already intensifying rapidly. But the atmosphere apparently decided that “rapidly” wasn’t quite dramatic enough. Over the …
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