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10/09/2024, 5:51 am EDT

Catastrophic Category-5 Major Hurricane Milton Heading for Tampa Area Making Landfall Tonight

At 5AM EDT, Category-5 Major Hurricane Milton was located at 24.5N/85.4W or about 300 miles southwest of Tampa, FL. Milton is moving northeast at 14 mph with top wind near 160 mph. Central pressure is 907 MB. Milton has maintained category-5 intensity longer than expected. The southwest flow aloft is moving Milton northeastward. However, the hurricane is concentric so weakening effects of shear on the hurricane have not started.
10/08/2024, 4:42 am EDT

Some Wet Weather Ahead in the Black Sea Region

Upper ridge patterns are well-amplified and centered on Northern Italy and West-central Russia. In-between is an upper trough brining wet weather to the drought region across Southwest Russia and much of the Black Sea region. The upper trough lingers into early November. Also, a look at optimum climate normal for Europe winter.
10/07/2024, 12:17 pm EDT

Milton Reaches Category-5 Major Hurricane Status at 11:05 EDT

At 11AM EDT, Category-4 Major Hurricane Milton is located at 21.7N/91.7W or about 720 miles southwest of Tampa, FL. Top wind is 155 mph. The threshold of a category-5 major hurricane is 156 mph. Milton is moving east-southeast at 9 mph. Surface pressure has plummeted to 933 MB. NOAA/NHC states that the 85 knot increase in wind speed during the past 24 hours is 3rd fastest behind Wilma (2005) and Felix (2007). Shortly after this (NOAA) message, the storm was upgraded to a category-5 major hurricane.
10/06/2024, 8:47 am EDT

Rare East-moving Gulf of Mexico Intensifying Hurricane This Week

The NOAA/NHC 5-day outlook strengthens Milton to a hurricane tonight with due east movement continuing to early Tuesday followed by intensification to a category-3 major hurricane while turning east-northeast Tuesday afternoon. Milton maintains that track and makes landfall as a category-3 major hurricane in the Tampa, FL area late Wednesday afternoon.