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To: Alice in Wonderland
Tropical Storm Wilma Intermediate Advisory Number 10a

Statement as of 2:00 am EDT on October 18, 2005

 

...Wilma barely moving...

 
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 2 am EDT...0600z...the center of Tropical Storm Wilma was
located near latitude 15.7 north...longitude 80.0 west or about
260 miles... 420 km... south-southeast of Grand Cayman and about
215 miles... 345 km...east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the
Nicaragua/Honduras border.

 
Wilma has barely moved for the past several hours but a general 
motion to the west is expected today followed by a gradual turn
toward the west-northwest.  However...steering currents remain weak
and erratic motion is possible during the next 24 hours.

 
Maximum sustained winds remain near 65 mph...100 km/hr... with
higher gusts.  Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24
hours...and Wilma could become a hurricane later today.

 
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles... 110 km
from the center.

 
Latest minimum central pressure recently reported by an Air Force
reconnaissance aircraft was 984 mb...29.06 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 2 am EDT position...15.7 N... 80.0 W.  Movement
toward...west near  2 mph.  Maximum sustained winds... 65 mph. 
Minimum central pressure... 984 mb.

 
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
5 am EDT.

 
Forecaster Avila

144 posted on 10/17/2005 11:15:46 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

I see the track has shifted east again. Looks like it's aimed at Naples in NHS's 5-day cone.


145 posted on 10/17/2005 11:35:52 PM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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