10/8/2024
WT Staff
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October 8, 2024 updated 446 pm EDT
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 USGS network of streamflow gauges in Ohio
Sunny and clear, 44 degrees this hour the report from NWS Cleveland. No hazardous weather outlook for the week so far. Streamflows run below normal to normal with an increasing number of stations chiming in below 10th percentile, rating much below normal for this date. Low flows persist in Tiffin River and Tuscarawas River watersheds. See brown tags on the map to the right for details.
Grand River watershed in the northeast, Lake Erie drainage basin has scooted up to moderate drought overnight. Tiffin River remains in severe hydrologic drought in the northwest with adjacent land area Lower Maumee River rated below normal. South of the state divide, Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek remains below normal.
As of this report, there are no active floods, no extreme high flows reported.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
Lake Erie west basin
The latest upload from NCCOS is a partially cloud obscured view of the west basin, clear from Maumee Bay to the inner Sandusky Bay. This image captured October 7 at surface wind speed 19.2 mph is unreliable as to the full extent of HAB area as the high wind acts to submerge the bloom mass. The Maumee Bay HAB appears as a band across the inner bay area, approximately 1 nm wide at low concentration 100 thousand cells per ml or less. A thin band of HAB appears from Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area on the Ohio shoreline around localized HAB along the east shore of Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge, and a narrow band of HAB from Camp Perry running approximately 2 nm from shore around the bend to Camp Perry. Port Clinton and Portage River appear clear of HAB in this image.
Sandusky Bay HAB is visible in the inner bay area, widespread and high concentration 900 thousand cells per ml into Muddy Creek Bay and the west half of the water from Pickerel Point to OH-269. The rest of the image is cloud obscured. See the latest NCCOS image, here.
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