In Tampa, Landfall for Milton will be in the dark.
The chart below from the National Weather Service shows the hour-by-hour weather forecast for Tampa, Florida.
Wind Gusts will peak at 3 AM Thursday morning at 68 MPH winds gusting to 91 MPH. By sunrise Thursday morning, winds will likely reduce to about 30 MPH but still gust to up to the low 50 MPH range.
Over 10 inches of rain will likely fall in the Tampa Area before Hurricane Milton passes through, according to current National Weather Service forecasts.
The brunt of the storm will occur in Tampa as Milton landfall occurs in the dark, from Sunset Wednesday to Sunrise Thursday.