As of the latest 11 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Milton's wind speed has decreased to 160 mph. The storm is currently located approximately 405 miles southwest of Tampa and is moving to the northeast at a speed of 12 mph.
The NHC has issued a warning stating that Milton is expected to continue its northeastward motion with a slight increase in forward speed overnight through Wednesday. The forecast track indicates that the center of the storm will traverse the eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and Wednesday, make landfall along the west-central coast of Florida on Wednesday night, and then move off the east coast of Florida into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.
