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If I am reading that right, four models have it hitting land as a cat 5.
Cat 3, 4, or 5 are all catastrophic. Cat-5 would obviously be worse than a Cat-3, and again, I'm not a meteorologist, but I think WHERE it makes landfall may be more important than its windspeed. A Cat-3 north of Tampa Bay could be significantly worse than a cat-5 south of Tampa Bay because of storm surge into Tampa Bay itself and the resulting flooding.

The fact that it has gone from a tropical depression to Cat-5 in only 46 hours and may still strengthen is reason for alarm.
 
Eye Wall Replacement in progress It will drop in intensity , but likely " reintensify" .But only Baby Jesus knows if it goes all the way back to where it was a couple hours ago Later tommorow it will run into westerly shear winds-which should lower intensity some as it spreads the storm out
 
Why is Milton forecasted to weaken before making landfall?

Also, in terms of forecasting, yesterday or the day before it was forecasted to become a Cat. 3 at the top end……today, it’s a 175 mph Cat. 5.
Drier air ahead and bumping up against a cold front. Right now landfall is projected as Cat 3 (not good at all for Tampa area) with only a slight chance for Cat 2.

But that is as of now. They have been pretty accurate though.
 
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If I am reading that right, four models have it hitting land as a cat 5.
Not just that.

It STAYS as strong as a Cat 4 all the way across the state. I mean you are talking Disney and Universal could be absolutely obliterated. Daytona destroyed, etc.
 
Drier air ahead and bumping up against a cold front. Right now landfall is projected as Cat 3 (not good at all for Tampa area) with only a slight chance for Cat 2.

But that is as of now. They have been pretty accurate though.
Appreciate the info.

I’d say the forecasters haven’t “been pretty accurate.”

They weren’t calling for it to become a hurricane as quickly as it did and they sure as shit weren’t forecasting a sustained 180 mph Cat. 5 storm for today.
 
I don't use sXitter so can't see the comments. On a scale of 1 to Carolina football, how big of a dumpster fire is it?
Hurricane Milton?

Or the Trumplican poasts all over XShitter and social media?

Carolina Football under John Bunting regarding Hurricane Milton (anyone aside from me having a hard time picturing “Milton” as a big badass MOFO?).

Trumplican poasts about Helene, Milton, etc. Same shit, different day.
 
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