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10/7/2024
WT Staff
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October 7, 2024 updated 735 pm CDT
Tracking Category 5 Hurricane Milton, extremely serious threat to Florida
Hurricane Milton Special Advisory Number 11A
issued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
7 pm CDT Mon Oct 07 2024
CENTRAL PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF MILTON HAS FALLEN TO A NEAR RECORD LOW...MILTON POSES AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS THREAT TO FLORIDA AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS
At 700 PM CDT (0000 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Milton was located
near latitude 21.9 North, longitude 90.4 West. Milton is moving
toward the east near 10 mph (17 km/h). This general motion is
expected through tonight followed by a turn toward the east-
northeast and northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. On the forecast
track, the center of Milton is forecast to move near or just north
of the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and Tuesday, then cross the eastern
Gulf of Mexico and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula
on Wednesday.
Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds
remain near 180 mph (285 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is a
potentially catastrophic category 5 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 80
miles (130 km).
Forecaster Pasch-Papin
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 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
The latest image of Lake Pontchartrain and the southeast water bodies is dated Oct 6, mostly clear with a good view of the lakes, taken at a high wind speed, 13.1 mph. Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain are all clear, Lac des Allemands and Bayou Fortier also appear clear, Lakes Cataouache and Salvador likewise. Lakes Verret and Palourde widespread HABs remain at 600 to 700 thousand cells per ml range. Black Bay widespread HAB is matching concentration scale for 600 thousand cells per ml. See the latest satellite image of southeast LA water bodies, here.
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