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10/8/2024
WT Staff
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October 8, 2024 updated 356 pm CDT
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.
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS streamflow gauges in Louisiana
Clear and sunny in New Orleans Tuesday with a consistent streamflow outlook for the state. The drought map has changed over the weekend with the previously unrated area of East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes rated severe drought. Adjacent area on the west side of these Parishes along the Bayou Macon-Tensas River line remains in extreme drought. Morehouse, Richland and Franklin remain below normal with adjacent area to the west dropped into moderate drought. Region 5 Acadia and Evangeline Parishes remain below normal, Region 7 watershed has cleared from the drought map in all but Tangipahoa Parish, still running below normal.
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 7, mostly clear with a good view of the lakes, again taken at a high wind speed, 15.5 mph. All freshwater lakes are looking HAB free in this image, except for Lakes Verret and Palourde. The widespread HABs occupying these lakes all season have dwindled down to a localized HAB along the south shore of Lake Verret and a band of open water HABs through the center of Lake Palourde at a lower concentration, 500 thousand cells per ml. Black Bay widespread HAB has been swept off the inner shorelines out to open water, concentration 500 thousand cells per ml. See the latest satellite image of southeast LA water bodies, here.
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