According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Milton has completed its transition to a post-tropical cyclone, losing much of its tropical cyclone characteristics. However, it is still a potent storm, but fortunately, it is moving away from the United States. With the storm moving away, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has dropped all storm surge and tropical storm warnings that were in effect for the East Coast.
At 5:00 pm, the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton was located near latitude 29.5 North, longitude 76.3 West which is roughly 710 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. Milton is moving toward the east near 21 mph , and this general motion with an increase in forward speed is expected during the next several days. On the forecast track, the center of the post-tropical cyclone will pass to the south of Bermuda late Friday. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 70 mph and additional weakening is forecast during the next several days.
According to the NHC, there should be no more tropical cyclone threats to the U.S. for at least the next 7 days.
However, long term computer forecast guidance does continue to show a new tropical cyclone developing in the Gulf of Mexico again in about 7-8 days. It is still too early to say with certainty whether or not that system will develop, and if it does, where it’d go.
