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Tropical Storm Milton: Maps, models and path show potential impacts

I’m meteorologist Jordan West with *** quick tropics update. Tropical storm Milton formed earlier this afternoon. Right now, winds are at 40 MPH. It’s moving north northeast at three MPH. Where will this system end up? How strong will it become and where the impact is going to be? Well, let’s look at the latest advisory as of 4 p.m. It looks like this system will become *** category one hurricane as early as Monday morning and it will continue along that path at as *** category one hurricane through Monday afternoon before strengthening into *** category two hurricane in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico by early Tuesday morning and becoming *** category three hurricane rapidly intensifying by Tuesday afternoon and likely make *** landfall as *** category three hurricane by Wednesday afternoon before it jets through the Florida Peninsula making its way out into the Atlantic Ocean. By the time we get to 30 and Friday as it weekends. Now, we’re looking at another take on where the system will go. We’re looking at the, we’re looking at the Spaghetti plots and models and it has more of *** southerly component with this system impacting ports, parts of the southern end of um the Florida Peninsula, as far north as just north of Tampa and as far as south of the Florida Keys making landfall Wednesday, more than according to these models and making its way through the Atlantic Ocean as early as 5 p.m. and into 10 a.m. Thursday morning as it continues that track. But for the most part, the tracks are similar making its way through the Peninsula of Florida in terms of intensity *** little bit all over the place. But there is some agreeance um in some of these models and plots. So most of these have the system coming and making landfall anywhere between *** category one and category three hurricane. *** couple of outliers, one outlier showing it as *** category four hurricane and another outlier showing that it stays as *** tropical storm through its entirety. We’ll keep you updated on that. But right now, the cone of uncertainty in the National Hurricane Center has the system making landfall as *** category three hurricane. I don’t think Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana majority the southeast will see any impacts from Milton. I think this will be mainly *** peninsula of Florida situation. What could the impacts be there? Heavy rain as early as Sunday and Monday before landfall, storm surge and strong winds Tuesday, moving into Wednesday as the system makes landfall and then strong rip currents along the entirety of the Gulf coast and even parts of the eastern coast. As the system makes its way into the Atlantic Ocean, we got hurricane Leslie, *** hurricane out in the Atlantic Ocean. One hurricane um as of the 4 p.m. advisory is moving west northwest at eight MPH at the weekend, winds gusts right now at 80 but that’ll drop as we move to Tuesday and Wednesday, it’s pointing towards hurricane Kirk, which is *** category three hurricane. As of the 4 p.m. advisory and winds are at 100 and 20 MPH. It could impact parts of the Azores in Portugal. Um but that’ll be uh area, this will be an area of low pressure by the time it makes its way anywhere close to them. Now, we’re looking at the 2024 storm names list so far this season, we’ve seen *** lot of activity actually and we’ve seen *** lot of activity impact the United States as well from Beryl to Debbie. We just recently saw Helene and now what looks like will be *** category two or three hurricane Milton. This is category two, but as of the 4 p.m. advisory, it’ll likely make landfall as *** category three hurricane. And we’re looking at tropical climatology now and this has been an abnormal season. We saw *** category four or five hurricane barrel impact parts of um Texas in early June and we also saw Helene record-breaking um impacts there and it looks like we’re now just starting to enter the peak of the hurricane season, which is abnormal because we typically see the peak as we move into early to mid-september. The climatology shows what normally happens. But like I said before, this has simply been an abnormal year. So keep you updated, it’s important to stay updated ways you can do that. Download the app, follow us on Facebook, youtube, Instagram. You can find us at WVTM thirteen.com as well. You can follow us on Facebook at WVTM 13 or you can follow my personal Facebook page or both. I highly recommend it Jordan West W BT M, I’m meteorologist, Jordan West.

Tropical Storm Milton: Maps, models and path show potential impacts

Tropical Storm Milton continues to churn in the Gulf of Mexico and could pose a threat to Florida by the middle of the week.The National Hurricane Center forecast calls for Milton to eventually strengthen into a hurricane, possibly slamming Florida as a Category 3 storm.Here’s the breakdown of where it’s headed:

ORLANDO, Fla. —

Tropical Storm Milton continues to churn in the Gulf of Mexico and could pose a threat to Florida by the middle of the week.

The National Hurricane Center forecast calls for Milton to eventually strengthen into a hurricane, possibly slamming Florida as a Category 3 storm.

Here’s the breakdown of where it’s headed: