Hurricane Milton Update – Oct. 9, 2024, 1200z

Updated Oct. 9, 2024, 1200z

• Overview
• Update from the National Hurricane Center
• Airport & Equipment Information
• Route Information
• Operational Resources
• NBAA’s HERO Database

Overview

Hurricane Milton is making its way towards Florida causing high winds and heavy rain. Milton is about 120 miles west of the Dry Tortugas and 250 miles southwest of Tampa, FL. A northeastward motion with some increase in forward speed is expected through tonight. A turn toward the east-northeast and east is expected on Thursday and Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Milton will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico today, make landfall along the west-central coast of Florida late tonight or early Thursday morning, and move off the east coast of Florida over the western Atlantic Ocean Thursday afternoon.

Milton is a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the west-central coast of Florida. Maximum sustained winds are near 155 miles per hour with higher gusts. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles.

Update from the National Hurricane Center

According to the National Hurricane Center’s Advisory #17A, issued at 1200z:

At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Milton was located near latitude 25.0 North, longitude 84.8 West. Milton is moving toward the northeast near 16 mph (26 km/h). A northeastward motion is expected through tonight. A turn toward the east-northeast and east is expected on Thursday and Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Milton will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico today, make landfall along the west-central coast of Florida late tonight or early Thursday morning, and move off the east coast of Florida over the western Atlantic Ocean Thursday afternoon.

Maximum sustained winds are near 155 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Milton is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the west-central coast of Florida tonight.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km).

The minimum central pressure based on NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter data is 915 mb (27.02 inches).

Airport & Equipment Information

Protective Shutdowns

FT LAUDERDALE, FL (FXE) RWY 09 (FXE) MALSR.
FT LAUDERDALE, FL (FLL) RWY 10L (LHI) MALSR.
FT MYERS, FL (RSW) RVR.
FT MYERS, FL (RSW) RWY 06 (RSW) MALSR.
LAKELAND, FL (LAL) RWY 10 (LAL) LOC/GS.
MELBOURNE, FL (MLB) ASR/MODES.
MELBOURNE, FL (MLB) RVR.
MELBOURNE, FL (MLB) VOR/DME.
ORLANDO, FL (MCO) ASR/MODES.
ORLANDO, FL (MCO) ASDE.
SARASOTA, FL (SRQ) ASR/MODES.
ST PETERSBURG, FL (PIE) SAWS.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) ASR/MODES.
TAMPA, FL (TAP) RWY 01L (AMP) LOC/GS.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) RWY 19L (TPA) LOC/GS/ALS.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) RWY 19R (JRT) LOC/GS.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) RWY 01R (TWJ) LOC.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) (VDF) RTR.
TAMPA, FL (TPA) RVR.
TITUSVILLE, FL (TIX) RWY 36 (TIX) MALSR.
VERO BEACH, FL (VRB) ASR.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PBI) RWY 10L (PBI) LOC/GS/MALSR.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PBI) RVR.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PBI) RWY 10L SWS.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PBI) SWOS.

Route Information

L465/M215/M580/M219 are closed until 17z.

AR8 and L452 are closed until 18z.

Operational Resources

• National Hurricane Center
• FAA OIS page
• CADENA OIS page
• FAA Advisory Database
• FAA Current Reroutes
• FAA NOTAM Search

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