I just put on the Weather Channel, and this thing has been downgraded to a tropical storm. It looks as if the thing is petering out.
Not to defend any media source but billt is just mistaken, weather channel did not report any such thing as it still isnt a hurricane as of this morning 8/28/23 so it couldn't have been downgraded. I suspect he was expecting to see Weather Channel reporting on the hurricane and by seeing it was only a Tropical storm he thought it was downgraded.I urge you to find another source for information. That company is a complete joke and agenda driven.
They have been outed countless times during a storm where their people are staging effects for the camera and their agenda.
One thing for sure, better said, as of right now this is NOT going to be a major Cat. 4 or 5 and as of right now maybe a minimum 3 at worst. Too soon to know but there is significant shear for the next 24 hours that is limiting it to maybe a 3 by the time it gets to land.
Of course no one knows for sure.