10/8/2024
WT Staff
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October 8, 2024 updated 446 pm EDT
Category 4 Hurricane Milton intensity increasing
Hurricane Milton Special Advisory Number 14A
issued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1 pm CDT Tues Oct 08 2024
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Coast of Georgia and South Carolina from north of the mouth of the St. Marys River to South Santee River, South Carolina.
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.
AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND THAT MILTON'S INTENSITY HAS REBOUNDED...TODAY IS THE LAST FULL DAY FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR
FAMILIES AND HOMES READY AND EVACUATE IF TOLD TO DO SO
At 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Milton was located
near latitude 22.5 North, longitude 88.2 West. Although Milton has
been wobbling during the past few hours, its longer-term motion is
toward the east-northeast near 8 mph (13 km/h). A turn toward the
northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected to begin
later today and continue through Thursday. On the forecast track,
the center of Milton will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and
approach the west-central coast of Florida through Wednesday. The
center is likely to make landfall along the west-central coast of
Florida on Wednesday night, and move east-northeastward across
central Florida through Thursday.
Aircraft reconnaissance data and satellite images indicate that
maximum sustained winds have increased to near 155 mph (250 km/h)
with higher gusts. Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. While fluctuations in
intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an extremely
dangerous hurricane through landfall in Florida.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from
the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105
miles (165 km).
The minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is 923 mb
(27.26 inches).
Forecaster Berg
North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 to November 30.
More information on Hurricane Milton, including forecast impact to land, here.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
New York
One hundred and seventy HABs on the notifications board Tuesday afternoon with new reports confirmed for Sixtown Pond, Agwaterra Pond, Fish Creek Ponds. The top four HAB-impacted lakes in the west interior continue to account for half of bluegreen blooms statewide. Casey Park Pond was confirmed with the first HAB of the season in Ontario County yesterday. The latest impacted water body list is available here.
The latest satellite image of Lake Champlain was captured October 7, this image is completely cloud obscured. A prior image Oct 6 showed Baie Missisquoi appears clear of HAB activity. Lake Carmi widespread HAB is in view at high concentration 700 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
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