Dean, Cat 5 At Landfall.. Still at Cat 2

Showing a Dvorak image here... shows how intense Dean still is as it moves across the Yucatan.

Amazing intense hurricane! Made landfall as one of the strongest category five's to ever make landfall (I believe the 10th strongest) and kind enough to do it in an area that has a smaller population than many of the larger cities it could have hit.

Most amazingly is that it is STILL a Category 2 and is predicted to be a category one hurricane when it makes seafall in the Bay of Campeche. Good luck on finding another soft spot for it to make a second landfall.

Beautifully, scary storm that wanted to go west and did... and aren't we all up here in Florida pleased as planters punch!

I was in Key West yesterday with a few of my daughters, son and son-in-law for more post bar mitzvah partying. Nice kosher restaurant on Petronia between Whitehead and Duval, great tuna salad in a pita! Meat place, good food! So.. watched the storm on ye olde cellphone... enjoyed the strong breeze, very balmy weather and am back at work in Miami now. Pic below of me.. in the pool at Tom's in Key West. Someone said someone somewhere in high hurricane circles wanted to see my legs so... smiling.. there's Mermaid Bobbi in Key West ;) below........

As for the next one.. I'd look out a ways towards 10/47 or.. see if around Thursday some system pops up ne of Puerto Rico somewhere, the environment is a bit messy still from the outflow of Dean.

Lastly, check out those floods in Oklahoma from the remnants of Erin.

More later.. salient part of the last advisory on Dean

"DEAN IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. ALTHOUGH CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS DEAN CROSSES THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA...DEAN IS EXPECTED TO STILL BE A HURRICANE WHEN
IT REACHES THE BAY OF CAMPECHE"