As usual NHC has it wrong.

Milton is in a patch of 30deg water and will remain there until it strengthens and effectively uses up that warmer water, surviving any sheering presently happening.

The system will likely then proceed as indicated in their forecasts. However; it will be later arriving than predicted and if sheering diminishes will strike as a major hurricane somewhere between the middle of Florida and between Florida and Cuba. So if you are in southern Florida you need to prepare now for a potential category 5 hurricane and associated storm surge.

This is going to be bigger than Helene folks. And if you were south of Helene and missed being affected Milton will take care of that...

Good luck folks.