Hurricane Milton

[AderynCoch]

There seems to be a Boeing 737 (Cancún to Monterrey) flying right through the storm. Surely some kind of error?

[WYorksWeather]

 WeatherArc The recon flight might well end up perfectly timed to capture the peak.

[Fen Wolf]

Beautiful Mother Nature 

[matty40s]

The message is getting there...

 

[WeatherArc]

Genuinely speechless with some of this imagery

 

Edited October 7, 2024 by WeatherArc

[Ball Lightning]

 AderynCoch Amazingly it doesnt look like an error. Maybe they're deliberately trying to add a bit of shear to weaken the updrafts!

[snowsummer]

 swebby thinking this ones gonna be  pretty close to that limit! In awe of mother nature tonight thats for sure

[Thunder Snow]

What time do we get the next update from nhc

[WeatherArc]

Updated surge is catastrophic. We are talking about 15 feet of water going into a major metropolitan area with a population of 3.1 Million. 

MacDill Air Force Base will be completely underwater. With the possibility that Tampa International Airport will also be underwater in this scenario

And Miltons eyewall is still contracting, this is absolutely staggering.

 

Edited October 7, 2024 by WeatherArc

[Astral Goat Juice]

Yep this is Wilma 2005 levels. Let's just hope we are seeing the strongest peak now, and tomorrow it will start to die down a little. 

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Jesus. This actually looks similar with what super typhoon Haiyans main core looked like. A full closed off doughnut with sub -80 tops. Mental. 

[adrianh]

NOAA42 back on the radar now. Looks like it's nearly there

[WeatherArc]

Back on radar and i bet about to collect some of the most intense data ever collected from a Hurricane.

[Astral Goat Juice]

Here's what 15ft storm surge looks like from Hurricane Ian. 

 

 

[WeatherArc]

This satellite loop is one for the history books.

Look at that pinhole eye with a hot ring of CDO well into the mid -80c even pushing -90c. There is no other words to describe this hurricane than incredibly violent.

Also note the intense gravity waves and pronounced stadium effect on the second loop

Edited October 7, 2024 by WeatherArc

[CryoraptorA303]

Strongest hurricane ever recorded? Could the central air pressure have dropped below 882?

[Mcconnor8]

 CryoraptorA303 Probably not yet, but will likely intensify further overnight and some models predict it may have an ERC tomorrow then have another go at intensifying further tomorrow evening to close to the record

[snowsummer]

Getting  nhc service temporarily  unavailable.  Just me or is it down. 

Edited October 7, 2024 by snowsummer
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[Ball Lightning]

They should have livestreamed the view from the hunter cockpit. That would have been awesome to watch.

[CryoraptorA303]

 Mcconnor8 Jesus. Florida is going to be a wasteland after this. First Helene, now this monstrosity...

[BlueSkies_do_I_see]

1848 Tampa Bay hurricane - Wikipedia

EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

The last 15 foot storm surge to hit this coast was 176 years ago.  But back then Tampa was a village of 200 people..

But reading that article, that storm reshaped the coastline/keys significantly.

Edited October 7, 2024 by BlueSkies_do_I_see

[Thunder Snow]

 snowsummer same

[CryoraptorA303]

 BlueSkies_do_I_see And judging from current data, Milton is going to utterly destroy that record. We live in terrifying times...

[BlueSkies_do_I_see]

 CryoraptorA303 agreed. With the increased water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, cat 1 storms just keep getting super charged and before you know it they have intensified into a cat 5.

Edited October 7, 2024 by BlueSkies_do_I_see

[Jordan S]

Just noticed maximum wind gusts where reaching 220mph a short while ago.  Absolutely incredible. That was with sustained winds of 180mph. I suspect these figures may be just a nudge higher when the next update comes in shortly, which is unbelievable. Regardless if it does, Milton is an absolute powerhouse hurricane ..

Edited October 7, 2024 by Jordan S