The rapid rise of Hurricane Matthew

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Long lasting? Really? Remind us when it it land fall and what catagory it was and is now

It was a Cat 5. That it came to an end and that it didn't hit the mainland US says absolutely nothing about whether or not this was an exceptional storm powered by exceptionally high surface water temperatures in the Caribbean basin.

It was Cat 5 for less than a day. It made landfall as a Cat 4. Once again I ask you. How did it compare to Hurricane Camille?

I never even suggested it was a notably strong storm. The point of interest is that it went from Cat 1 to Cat 5 in less than a day and in the presence of dry air and wind shear. It did so from high SSTs - the factor that you and Billy Bob have argued have little to no effect on hurricane strength.