Forecasters say Milton is expected to be a hurricane small in size, but Jacksonville will still be impacted with rain, flooding and high winds.

Although Miami-Dade County is outside the forecast cone for Hurricane Milton, the exact timing and location could change and the storm will at least bring heavy and prolonged rainfall.

"Given the track over the very deep warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and little shear for the next couple of days, rapid intensification is explicitly forecast," NHC hurricane specialist Eric Blake said at 10 a.