Thanks, FRiend. :o(
...Wilma steadily strengthening and beginning to drift westward...
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Honduras from the Honduras/Nicaragua border westward to Cabo camaron.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch remain in effect for the Cayman Islands.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 11 PM EDT...0300z...the center of Tropical Storm Wilma was located near latitude 15.8 north... longitude 80.2 west or about 250 miles... 405 km... south-southeast of Grand Cayman and about 205 miles... 335 km...east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border.
Wilma is moving toward the west near 2 mph... 4 km/hr... and this general motion is expected to continue overnight followed by a gradual turn toward the west-northwest on Tuesday. However... steering currents remain weak and erratic motion is possible during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph... 100 km/hr... with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours... and Wilma could become a hurricane on Tuesday.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles... 110 km from the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 987 mb...29.15 inches.
Wilma is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over the Cayman Islands...Jamaica...Haiti...and southeastern Cuba...with isolated amounts of 8 to 12 inches possible. Rainfall accumulations of 2 to 3 inches...with isolated amounts of 6 to 10 inches...are possible over Honduras.
Repeating the 11 PM EDT position...15.8 N... 80.2 W. Movement toward...west near 2 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 65 mph. Minimum central pressure... 987 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 am EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 5 am EDT.
Forecaster Knabb