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Morning Look at the Tropics: Milton Leaving the State of Florida. A Recap of the Storm and a Look at Where it is Headed.

| October 10, 2024 @ 7:48 am

Good morning!  We want to thank everyone who followed our reports on Milton.  We took a break after landfall to get some sleep.  This morning, I want to review a few things about Milton and where it is now.  Also, will look at the rest of the tropics.

The NHC produced their latest advisory as of 7am CDT.  The center of Milton is pulling away from the east coast of Florida.  It is moving to the ENE at 18 mph with max winds at the center at 85 mph, so Milton is still a hurricane.  Pressure is at 980mb.

Through the night, Hurricane Milton has decreased in intensity but still caused problems with rain, winds and surge as it made its way quickly across the state of Florida through the overnight hours.

Looking at radar, Milton is a shell of what it once was.  Most of the rain is off shore.  Still some strong winds and surge concerns this morning for parts of the east coast of Florida and SE Georgia.

Sebastian Inlet, FL to Altamaha Sound, GA…3-5 ft
St. Johns River…2-4 ft

The latest power outages for the state as of 7am eastern time is over 3.3 million.

Milton will continue to move ENE today and then more easterly tonight, passing north of the Bahamas. It is expected to weaken in dissipate in about 4 days.

Elsewhere in the tropics, we still have Hurricane Leslie which will not have an impact on land and will gradually dissipate.  A new disturbance has moved off Africa.  It is expected to run into an environment that should not promote much development.

Recap of a few of the standout impacts from Milton:

Tornadoes:  Conditions ahead of Milton set the stage for a historic tornado outbreak.  At latest count, 126 tornado warnings were issued by the state of Florida on Wednesday, the most in one day for the state.  Kudos to the Storm Prediction Center for their outlook early in the day showing the enhanced conditions for the potential of strong tornadoes.  These were very visible, wedge-look tornadoes that has caused tremendous damage and tragically loss of life.

Graphic from NWS Miami on the tornado tracks:

Heavy Rain:  Record amounts of rain fell especially across the Tampa Bay area.  There was a large area of at least 10 inches of rain in a 24 hour period.  Per Greg Carbin, it has been awhile since we have seen that much rain in a short amount of time in Florida.

 

Damaging winds:  There will be full assessment of the damage across the state.  A couple of the big stories that emerged came out of Tampa Bay with a crane that collapsed into the Tampa Bay Times Building and destruction of the roof of Tropicana Field.

 

Surge:   Tremendous surge moved in from Siesta Key (the landfall point) down the coast to Ft Myers.

 

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