and I watched the sluggish Milton actually creep to the NE @ 3 mph, then drop back down to the S @~5mpgh, then start moving to the E and start to pick up a little speed to its current.
I.e., it was sortof sitting and spinning in place and has lots of clouds and convection obscuring the eye. It reminds me of Helene in that instance - very juicy. If it creeps like this across the GOM, it definitely will get bigger.
With the angle of approach, Tampa would have that initial blow-out tide but once it is on land, look out.
A concern is that with the southward shift, where the right-front quadrant will end up and I know that people down below Tampa in that Ft. Myers/Cape Coral area, had to deal with Ian a couple years ago, although the approach for Ian was from the south versus from the west.
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