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10 Oct 2024 / Florida, United States
At 200am EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Hurricane Milton was located inland near latitude 28.1 North, longitude 81.3 West. Milton is moving toward the east-northeast near 16 mph (26 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through this afternoon, followed by a turn toward the east tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Milton will continue to move across the central part of the Florida during the next few hours, and emerge off the east coast of Florida around sunrise.
Maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph (150 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is forecast to maintain hurricane intensity while crossing Florida this morning. After moving into the Atlantic, Milton is expected to gradually lose tropical characteristics and slowly weaken.
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 sustained wind of 59 mph (95 km/h) and a gust of 76 mph (122 km/h) was recently reported at a NASA weather station at Cape Canaveral. A sustained wind of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a gust of 75 mph (121 km/h) was recently reported at Daytona Beach International Airport. A sustained wind of 39 mph (63 km/h) and a gust of 63 mph (101 km/h was recently reported at Melbourne International Airport. A sustained wind of 33 mph (53 km/h) and a gust to 54 mph (87 km/h) was recently reported at Orlando International Airport…
…The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline...
…Rainfall amounts of 8-14 inches, with localized totals up to 18 inches, are expected across central to northern portions of the Florida Peninsula today. This rainfall will continue to bring the risk of catastrophic and life-threatening flash and urban flooding, along with moderate to major river flooding…
…Hurricane conditions are occurring within the hurricane warning area in Florida. Hurricane conditions are possible in the hurricane watch area through midday today. Tropical storm conditions in the tropical storm warning area in Florida and will spread to the Georgia and South Carolina coasts later this morning.
Tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of the northwestern Bahamas later today.
A tornado or two is possible this morning over parts of central and eastern Florida.
Swells generated by Milton are expected to continue to affect much of the Gulf Coast today and along the southeastern U.S. coast during the next day or two. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions...
(For information about operations in the United States, contact GAC North America at [email protected])
Source: Extracts from National Hurricane Center Miami FL Hurricane Milton Intermediate Advisory No.20A issued at 200am EDT on 10 October 2024