We watched a Central American Gyre (#CAG) evolve into #Hurricane #Michael, which is now forecast to become a major hurricane before landfall in the #Florida Panhandle.
There is precedence for such an evolution. The exact same thing happened with Hurricane #Opal in October 1995. pic.twitter.com/kT1L2gui0U
— Philippe Papin (@pppapin) October 8, 2018