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Courtesy of Mike's Weather Page on Facebook ... Looks like this is going to become something. Right now, our ten-day forecast shows thunderstorms for Wednesday with 20 MPH winds, with two days of rain before that.

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Now at 80%. The next name on the list is #Milton.

The ten-day forecast for Merritt Island is showing more confidence. Winds for Wednesday now at 22 MPH.

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Now at 90%. #Milton if it reaches tropical status.

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Well ... crap.

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We're where the "A" is on the right ... I'm rooting for Plan B.

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The averages for where the models show the eye to pass ... Landfall around Tampa, exiting the state through Cape Canaveral. But it's early; almost the entire state is in play, except for the Panhandle.

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Topical storm winds projection.

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We now have Tropical Storm #Milton.

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#Milton now forecast to make landfall as a Category 3. The center of the cone aims at Tampa.

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This has me feeling a bit better about our chances here in Brevard County. The color code suggests a 50%-60% chance of 40+ MPH sustained winds.

The ten-day forecast has 28 MPH sustained winds for us on Wednesday-Thursday.

Combine the two, and it suggests we should have winds that are annoying but not threatening.

But we'll see how the day goes.

Not so good for the Gulf side.

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We have two launches scheduled for this week. Both the civilian and military spaceports rely on the 45th weather squadron for forecasts.

If you want a peek behind the scenes, here are two useful links:

The home page for the 45th weather squadron: https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Weather/

The hurricane page for the squadron: https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/HurricaneInformation/

Right now they're at HURCON 5, meaning, "Something wicked this way comes." 🌀