The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) maintains surveillance and alert about Hurricane Milton, which continues to gain in intensity and move towards Florida through the Gulf of Mexico, near the western coast of Cuba.
According to the latest report from Insmet, in its evening part yesterday, “in the next 12 to 24 hours this system will move slowly towards the east with fluctuations first to the west-southwest and then west-northwest, increasing its translational speed very little.”
«The process of rapid intensification will continue, so in less than 24 hours it could become a hurricane of great intensity. Due to its current position, forecast intensity and future trajectory northeast through the Gulf of Mexico towards the Florida peninsula in the next 48 to 72 hours, the Forecast Center will maintain close monitoring of its evolution over the next few days. they added.
Hurricane Milton News: Cuba and Florida in the crosshairs
This morning’s public advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami (NHC) details that Milton is strengthening.
«At 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC), the center of Hurricane Milton was located Near latitude 22.1 North, longitude 92.6 West. Milton is moving heading east-southeast near 8 mph (13 km/h). A movement toward the east-southeast is forecast tonight, Milton is forecast to move near or just north of the Yucatan Peninsula today and Tuesday, then cross the east of the Gulf of Mexico and will approach the west coast of the Florida peninsula p“Wednesday,” says the North American report.
“Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.” later today,” they noted.
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