Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward Florida. Here's the latest on Milton (last updated 5 p.m. Oct. 8): Storm back to Category 5 Sustained wind 165 mph (Category 5 is 157+ mph winds) Pressure dropping at 918 mb Now tracking slightly slower to the ENE at 8 mph Milton intensified again today in favorable (very warm water, little wind shear, abundant moisture) conditions, and likely remains a Category 5 into early Wednesday morning before a gradual "weakening" to Category 4 later in the day Wind field will likely double in size before landfall with impacts felt well outside the cone track Forecast to become a Category 3 as the storm is set to interact with wind shear/less favorable conditions approaching the Florida coast Wednesday Outer rainbands and tropical storm force winds will begin to impact the west coast of Florida at this time https://www.wthr.com/article/weather/weather-blog/hurricane-milton-category-4-hurricane-live-doppler-13-weather-blog-13-news-lindsey-monroe-forecast-florida-tampa-orlando/531-c0101edf-28c8-4586-b51f-bf27ee8163fa