Hurricane Milton, which forecasters have warned could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa Bay area in 100 years, is expected to get twice as big as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
“The official forecast shows the hurricane and tropical-storm-force winds roughly doubling in size by the time it makes landfall,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. “Therefore, damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge, and heavy rainfall will extend well outside the forecast cone.”
Here are the Tuesday 10 am CDT #Hurricane #Milton Key Messages – The latest full advisory is at https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ pic.twitter.com/rNlYvXT3XV
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 8, 2024
A “forecast cone,” as defined by the agency, “represents the probable track of the center of a tropical cyclone.” Often mistaken as a depiction of the entire breadth of…
