I don't think it'll reach a Cat 5, and I imagine it'll weaken back to a Cat 3 before landfall, much like Katrina, Ivan etc.
Needless to say Michael didn't weaken.
From the perspective of a Tallahassee resident, Hurricane Michael was a joke. It was no joke in Mexico Beach, but it was a joke here. I'm glad I didn't drive seven hours home in the end. The storm did very minimal damage to Tallahassee overall. My parents and family very much made matters more stressful for me in the buildup to the storm than what I actually experienced, which felt like the equivalent of a Cat 1 or 2 overall.