ATL: MILTON - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[TampaWxLurker]

Getting some pretty big gusts here in eastern Hillsborough now. Lights starting to flicker.

[caneseddy]

First fatalities reported from Milton

Multiple fatalities reported at Spanish Lakes Country Club in St. Lucie County due to a tornado, per the Sheriff office

[NDG]

My estimate is that Milton is making landfall over Longboat Key based on the latest recon pass.

[Flwxguy86]

Winds here in Clearwater are gusting close to or over 100mph. I think the north west eyeewall isn't far away. Lights are flickering but still on for now..

[AnnularCane]

Are extreme wind warnings in hurricanes a new thing? I always figured hurricane warnings were enough when it came to hurricanes themselves, and extreme wind warnings were for non-tropical systems. I think Helene had them too, but don't remember any before that.

[ronjon]

Punta Gorda airport; 51 mph sustained, 73 mph gusts out of the south. You can bet their is tremendous surge in Charlotte Harbor now. Also Sarasota airport: 53 mph sustained, 93 mph gusts. Winds still east.

[TampaWxLurker]

Def getting the northern eyewall now here.

[zal0phus]

Landfall at Siesta Key per the NHC.

[skillz305]

Apparently US1 in vero beach has majority of roads impassable and buildings destroyed. From that crazy tornado earlier.

[NDG]

Station in Montverde in the western shores of Lake Apopka in western Orange County/Lake County is reporting wind gusts of 74 mph. It Makes sense because the winds are coming off the huge Lake out of the east.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries? ... 1&hours=72

[Beer Belly]

Apollo Beach, FL area. Blowing (guess) 50mph gusts ~75-ish. Waiting for the bad winds over the next hour.

[Youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmUd4nNDt10[/Youtube]

[Nimbus]

Anyome know what the eye wall size is right now?

Must be pretty small northern Pinellas county less than 40 miles from the center is getting sustained winds only about 40 mph?
Little Strange for a cat 3 hurricane.

[galaxy401]

Hurricane Milton Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
830 PM EDT Wed Oct 09 2024

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE MILTON MAKES LANDFALL
NEAR SIESTA KEY FLORIDA....
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA...

NWS Doppler radar data indicate the eye of Hurricane Milton has
made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west
coast of Florida.

[sponger]

So, does a Longboat Key landfall spare Tampa? That is awfully close!

[CrazyC83]

So, does a Longboat Key landfall spare Tampa? That is awfully close!

From storm surge yes. Keeps the winds from shifting west.

[Category5Kaiju]

Milton will join the likes of Katrina and Rita as being phenomenal Category 5s in the Gulf that made landfall in the CONUS at Category 3s. Oh yeah, btw, this is now the 10TH MAJOR GULF CONUS LANDFALL since 2017.

[sponger]

Oh my, that is a big eye!

https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weather/radar

[wx98]

Official landfall at Siesta Key about 10 minutes ago. Surge is a real concern but I believe the tornado outbreak has so that stolen the show.

[Weathertracker96]

Apparently US1 in vero beach has majority of roads impassable and buildings destroyed. From that crazy tornado earlier.

Saw that too. Watching to see how close the southern eyewall gets to our area

[Steve]

So, does a Longboat Key landfall spare Tampa? That is awfully close!

Some but they are prolonged in the Northern eyewall ala Baton Rouge in circa Gustav and Ida. They’ve still got a few more hours of training so maybe another 4+” of rain