NOAA plane found a central pressure of 909mb, generally the lower the pressure the stronger the storm and 909 is getting into the really historically powerful storms territory, and is the lowest I've ever seen in real time, Katrina was 920mb at landfall

https://twitter.com/mvp242/status/1168198450472730626?s=09 video of wind and storm surge in Abaco

https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1168197282342285312?s=09 more footage, eyewall is still slightly offshore

https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1168205135643734016 Dorian has made landfall with wind speeds of 185mph ~298 km/h

https://youtu.be/6RuhYgn41ms webcam from Marsh Harbor, Bahamas don't know how much longer this'll be up

ZNS, the main television station in the Bahamas, and WPLG reporter Jenise Fernandz in Marsh Harbour have both reported that the roof at a hotel in the city has come off.

https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1168224623344775168 Abaco is currently inside the eye

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Evolution of the forecasted track of Hurricane Dorian [OC]

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Seems like it's weakening

National Hurricane Center • 8m 5s ago:

Here's the 12 pm EDT Tropical Cyclone Update: #Dorian still battering Grand Bahama Island. Residents there should not venture out into the eye as winds will rapidly increase on the other side http://hurricanes.gov

https://twitter.com/AnthonyFarnell/status/1168268458976526340 it looks as though Dorian has begun an eyewall replacement cycle, meaning it will temporarily weaken while the old eyewall is cleared out and the new one takes it's place, after which the wind field of hurricane force winds usually gets larger and the storms also sometimes intensify afterwards. While not good news, especially for the mainland US, it's about as good of news as you can get for the Bahamanians trapped under this thing for the next day or so