🌀#HurricaneMilton – Atlantic Basin stats so far:#Milton rapidly strengthened from Category1️⃣to major Category5️⃣in just 10 hours🤯#Milton has the second-highest pressure drop in 24 hours (down 84 hPa)#Milton has second biggest increase in winds (153km/h increase in 24 hours) pic.twitter.com/R36m0kNOTd

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) October 9, 2024

🌀#HurricaneMilton's central air pressure yesterday made it the 5th lowest Atlantic Basin barometric pressure ever recorded:

📉Wilma (2005): 882 hPa (also mb)
📉Gilbert (1988): 888 hPa
📉Labor Day Hurricane (1935): 892 hPa
📉Rita (2005): 895 hPa
📉#Milton (2024): 897 hPa pic.twitter.com/3yZdVmIcgY

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) October 9, 2024

At this stage #Milton landfall may be late Thursday NZDT.

Tracking has shifted southwards today…taking a direct hit just out of #Tampa and placing it directly over #Sarasota. These storms wobble left/right (north/south) and this affects future tracking. Closer it gets, easier… pic.twitter.com/DoQQHY82kW

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) October 9, 2024

🌀🌊Peak Storm Surge: 10 to 15 feet is 3 to 4.5 metres. This is a moving current of stormy ocean water heading inland – not calm rising waters. On top of this catastrophic storm surge will be waves whipped up by hurricane force winds. #MILTON #Fl https://t.co/TNEP7oaxfF

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) October 9, 2024

🚨🌀🇺🇸#MILTON weakened to Category 4 overnight and has gone through eyewall replacement – now it's back to Category5️⃣.

We have a special video update on #HurricaneMilton – we hope to have it published within the hour. #Fl @CNN Storm Tracker: https://t.co/6Ds6mQZlb4 pic.twitter.com/IujHatVnoU

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) October 8, 2024