Hurricane Hurricane Milton

[Wind Driven Coconut]

I spent a great many weekends during my childhood in Clewiston or Moore Haven. My father’s family had roots there. They are long since passed, but I remember how abjectly poor that region was. Large, dangerous tornadoes will do disproportionate damage if they hit structures there.

 

[Blountwolf]

Right now the core looks as healthy as it has all morning.

It's going to actually pull off that second EWRC, isn't it? Insanity. Didn't have that on the bingo card either. Good grief.

EDIT: Actually, did it just abort and reform the inner eyewall? Doesn't look big enough to have been the outer.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Pds warning now. Looks like it's actually about to expire so I caught it late lol

 

[warneagle]

Woof

 

[wx_guy]

Wow, these are some of the most impressive tropical tornadoes I've seen.

 

[Clancy]

Absolutely insane seeing wedges from a hurricane. Okeechobee area is alright with tornado warnings right now.

 

[warneagle]

Wow, these are some of the most impressive tropical tornadoes I've seen.

looks like Dixie Alley in April, not a south Florida hurricane in October

 

[Clancy]

What looks like a potential multiple vortex tornado near Clewiston.

 

[Mike S]

FWIW - low tide is at 2:19pm local time for Tampa Bay, and high tide is at 6:50am Thursday morning.

 

[Clancy]

Holy.

 

[TornadoFan]

Pretty tight rotation west of Palm Beach.

 

[warneagle]

Holy.

seriously without the palm trees you could 100% convince me that was Alabama or Mississippi

 

[wx_guy]

I think this is going to be major in every way -- a tornado outbreak, massive freshwater flooding, massive storm surge, massive wind...this is a freaking royal flush

 

[Blountwolf]

FWIW - low tide is at 2:19pm local time for Tampa Bay, and high tide is at 6:50am Thursday morning.

What time is landfall predicted?

 

[cincywx]

terminal doppler shows a pretty clear hook east of belle glade.

 

[warneagle]

another PDS warning south of Lakeport

 

[wx_guy]

What time is landfall predicted?

Currently, looking like between 8 PM and midnight

 

[KoD]

Wind history demonstrating the expansion of wind fields.
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I used to like this graphic but it seems entirely inaccurate now especially with this hurricane. The northwest side of the storm has a much smaller swath of tropical storm force winds than the southeastern side and it's not appreciated on this NHC product. They should remove or modify it to reflect actual recon data instead of being fixed points with fixed diameter circles around those points. With a perfectly symmetrical system this is okay but it rubs me the wrong way here. It does show the expansion of winds which is important but it does not do a good job of showing where those winds actually are.

 

[Blountwolf]

I can not get over how well wrapped up and symmetrical that core still is. Not good.

 

[wx_guy]

At its current pace, it'll make landfall between 9 PM and 10 PM tonight. Still thinking St. Pete Beach is a good bet.