Latest Forecast for Milton

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Milton will be a major hurricane at landfall. All preparations should be finished by 8am Wednesday. 
Hurricane Milton at 9:45am EDT.  Most recent Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicates the maximum winds in the storm are still 145 mph with a lowest barometric pressure of 929 millibars. 

The National Hurricane Center's forecast is below. 
The forecast wind speed at landfall is 125 mph. Milton is forecast to cross the Florida Peninsula as a hurricane, thus hurricane warnings (red) the entire width of the state. 

Color codes:
  • Red = hurricane warning
  • Blue = tropical storm warning (winds of 40 to 73 mph)
  • Pink = hurricane watch
  • Yellow = tropical storm watch
  • Amber = tropical storm force winds.
  • Brown = hurricane force winds.
This is a good representation of the forecast winds. 

There is going to be a killer storm surge if people do not get out of the way.  
In the purple area, the storm surge is forecast to be 10 to 15 feet above sea level. Of course, there will be higher waves on top of the surge. 

There will be tornadoes, mainly along and south of I-4. 

Flooding rains are also a major threat. 

Yellow = ten inches or more. Gold = 7 inches or more. 

I will have another update this afternoon but I urge you to quickly finish preparations and, if you are in an evacuation area, get out. 

There are reports of price gouging by hotels. I realize they are going to have to pay people extra in order to have staff that will stay and help during the storm. Regardless, that is not justification for charging more than triple the normal rate. The place to file a complaint is here. 

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