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10/9/2024
WT Staff
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October 9, 2024 updated 640 pm CDT
Hurricane Milton Special Advisory Number 19
issued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
5 pm CDT Wed Oct 09 2024
MILTON APPROACHING THE COAST OF WEST-CENTRAL FLORIDA...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, DAMAGING WINDS, AND FLOODING RAINS
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA
At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Milton was located
near latitude 26.9 North, longitude 83.4 West. Milton is moving
toward the northeast near 17 mph (28 km/h), and this motion is
expected to continue through tonight. A turn toward the
east-northeast is expected on Thursday, followed by a turn toward
the east on Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Milton
will make landfall near or just south of the Tampa Bay region this
evening, move across the central part of the Florida peninsula
overnight, and emerge off the east coast of Florida on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher
gusts. Milton is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Milton could still be a major hurricane when
it reaches the coast of west-central Florida this evening, and it
will remain a hurricane while it moves across central Florida
through Thursday. Milton is forecast to weaken over the western
Atlantic and become extratropical by Thursday night.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 255 miles
(405 km). A WeatherFlow site located in Egmont Channel (XEGM)
recently reported a sustained wind speed of 51 mph (82 km/h) with a
wind gust of 63 mph (102 km/h). A WeatherFlow site located on the
Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier (XSKY) recently reported a sustained
wind speed of 47 mph (76 km/h) with a wind gust of 62 mph (100
km/h).
The minimum central pressure based on Air Force Reserve Hurricane
Hunter data is 948 mb (28.00 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
Normal to below normal streamflows statewide with an overnight escalation of the drought map in Region 3. Central northeast Union Parish, west Ouachita and central Caldwell are marked with severe drought midweek, matching the northeast border region from East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes, also severe drought. Bayou Macon-Tensas River channel remains in extreme drought. Morehouse, Richland and Franklin Parishes remain below normal with Jackson and Winn also trending below normal. Region 5 Acadia and Evangeline Parishes remain below normal, Region 7 watershed is below normal in all but the east border Washington and St Tammany Parishes, the east half of St Helena and Livingston Parishes are unrated.
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 8, a clear view of the inland water bodies of the southeast, wind speed 11 mph. No HAB activity detected in Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain. Small open water HABs appear scattered and dispersed throughout Lake Salvador, low concentration 100 thousand cells per ml or less. Lake Palourde widespread HAB at midlake is up in concentration, 900 thousand cells per ml. Black Bay widespread HAB remains 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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