Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, 10 p.m. ET

On Sunday at 10 pm, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Milton has reached new heights of intensity and has upgraded from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane, with winds blowing at 90 miles per hour. Category 1 Hurricane Milton is 230 miles west-northwest of Progreso Mexico and 765 miles west-southwest of Tampa Florida, with maximum sustained wind of 90 mph. It’s moving 7 mph to the east. Milton is forecast to change into a hurricane on Monday.

The tropical storm Milton had upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph.

YESTERDAY (Saturday):

Yesterday (Saturday) at 10 am, the National Hurricane Center published the first advisory for a tropical depression. The weather system gained sufficient intensity to be named Milton when the tropical depression upgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 90 mph.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:

– Celestun to Cabo Catoche

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

– Celestun to Cancun

A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.

Interests in the remainder of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, the Florida Peninsula, the Florida Keys, and the northwestern Bahamas should monitor the progress of this system.

Storm Surge and Hurricane Watches will likely be issued for portions of Florida early Monday.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 2 to 4 feet above ground level along the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in areas of onshore winds. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.

RAINFALL: Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with localized totals up to 15 inches, are expected across portions of the Florida Peninsula and the Keys through Wednesday night. This rainfall brings the risk of considerable flash, urban, and areal flooding, along with the potential for moderate to major river flooding.

Milton will also produce rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches across portions of the northern Yucatan Peninsula.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Hurricane Milton, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Rainqpf and the Flash Flood Risk graphic at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Ero.

WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin as early as Monday morning in the warning area, and hurricane conditions are possible beginning Monday afternoon.

SURF: Swells generated by the system are affecting the coast of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. These swells are expected to spread northward and eastward along much of the Gulf Coast within the next day or two, and are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Source: National Hurricane Center