Denis Phillips Gives His Thoughts on Hurricane Milton’s Impact on Tampa Bay
Update: Below is our conversation with Denis yesterday. For the audio of his discussion about Hurricane Milton from this morning, head here.
Yesterday’s update:
He’s not getting much sleep this week. Denis Phillips from ABC Action News is running on Diet Dr. Pepper and spaghetti models. But he joined The MJ Morning Show on Q105 this morning to give his thoughts on what impacts we could see in the Tampa area when Hurricane Milton arrives late tomorrow night.
Denis now feels tropical storm force winds will arrive late in the morning tomorrow (Wednesday) into early afternoon. 10PM Wednesday through 4AM Thursday is when we’ll get the worst of Hurricane Milton.
A second Hurricane Milton Eyewall
A second eyewall has developed. Denis says when that process is complete, storms weaken. And that’s what’s happened. But he says sometimes they regain their strength. He says we should know by this afternoon we’ll see the development. Denis says he would be surprised if we see Milton regain the strength we saw yesterday.
The National Hurricane Center still have this as a Category 3 at landfall. Denis thinks this is good news because they tend to want people to prepare for the worst.
Denis reminds us there’s still time for those “wobbles.” We know when storms are coming in from the south and southwest, they tend to wobble to the right. So today’s updates will be telling. But the big “wobbles” happen in the last 6 hours according to Denis. He says nobody should feel they’re out of the woods right now. A northwest Manatee County track is where we are now. But Denis says no one can accurately predict those last minute wobbles. Denis says they’re impossible to predict.
