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https://x.com/webberweather/status/1843301099454787848

Eric Webb:

The thing that really concerns me w/ Hurricane #Milton's unexpected bout of explosive intensification this morning is the fact that this storm will now have **a lot** more time to churn & push water/storm surge onto the west coast of Florida in a few days. If you want a reasonable worst case scenario for Hurricane #Milton's maximum *potential* storm surge in/around places like Tampa Bay, take the current 8-12 foot storm surge forecast & double it.

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Wow!!!

Hurricane Milton Discussion Number 10
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
1000 AM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024

Milton's remarkable rapid intensification is continuing. Satellite
images show a small eye within the very cold central cloud cover,
and the eye is becoming better defined. Data from the Mexican
radar at Sabancuy show a small, closed eye with an intense eyewall
presentation. The Hurricane Hunter aircraft earlier reported a peak
flight-level wind of 146 kt, and dropsonde data show that the
pressure has fallen to around 933 mb, which is down about 22 mb in
4 hours. The initial wind speed is set to 135 kt, which is an
80-kt increase in 24 hours (only eclipsed by Wilma 2005 and Felix
2007 in our records).


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The dropsonde that reported 127 kts at the surface also reported a peak in the whole profile of 145 kts at 910 mb.

The most recent drop in the NW eyewall only reported 105 kts at the surface but a remarkable 183 kts at 900 mb. It probably got entrained into a gust, but still...that's 211 mph!

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