Royal Caribbean shares a scary update on Hurricane Milton

A meteorologist deals with ever-changing data. Their job is to look at the available information and come up with what might happen.

It is not an exact science. People get upset when their TV weatherman gets things wrong, but the reality is that predicting the weather is not something we’ve mastered with great precision.

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Usually, as a storm approaches, certainties begin to freeze. In the case of Hurricane Milton, as it approaches landfall in Florida, we still don’t know exactly what the path will be.

That’s something Royal Caribbean Chief Meteorologist Craig Setzer explained in his latest X post, ex-Twitter.

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Setzer stands next to a pillar depicting a storm surge.

Image source: Craig Setzer

Royal Caribbean’s chief meteorologist has bad news

“Tuesday morning finds a nasty looking Major Hurricane Milton. I rarely attribute emotions to storms (they’re atmospheric processes), but this one looks bad,” Setzer wrote.

This was a prelude to the weatherman delivering some grim news.

“And there’s no good news this morning as the storm is a large Category 4 storm heading up the west coast of Florida. While the track has moved a little bit, soon small details like the wobble will start to make a big difference between who gets the worst swell, the worst winds, the worst flood rainfall,” he added.

Setzer shared one thing that could weaken the hurricane.

“Another thing we’ll be watching is when will the wind shear increase enough to start a substantial weakening trend? The storm is ashore. Regardless, for West and Central Florida, prepare like you have rarely prepared before,” he wrote.

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Setzer followed up with an additional warning.

“For those making last-minute preparations and evacuations, there will be an increased threat for supercells and associated tornadoes along Florida’s west coast ahead of Milton beginning late tonight through Wednesday evening. Keep that in mind as it will likely add more locally. warnings,” he added.

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