[steveegg]

Wilma's speeding up, both in wind and in motion -

183 
URNT12 KNHC 231807
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 23/17:50:10Z
B. 23 deg 02 min N
  085 deg 27 min W
C. 700 mb 2778 m
D. NA  kt
E. 000 deg 000 nm
F. 216 deg 085 kt
G. 135 deg 059 nm
H.         963 mb
I.   8 C/ 3046 m
J.  14 C/ 3050 m
K.  13 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. C60
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.06 / 2  nm
P. AF304 2124A WILMA        OB 21
MAX FL WIND 96 KT SE QUAD 17:16:40 Z

Movement in the last 1:16 to the northeast (56 degrees) at 13 mph. Wilma now 260 miles west-southwest (246 degrees) of Key West and 312 miles southwest (228 degrees) of Naples.

[steveegg]

Forgot to mention that it is pretty much in line with the 4 am forecast (it actually splits the difference between that forecast and the 1 pm advisory).

[laz]

Wilma's speeding up, both in wind and in motion

I think she's gonna hit while intensifying.

And jeffers, she might do a Rita and outrun her surge.

[NautiNurse]

C60

Yowser

[laz]

What happened to the smaller, inner eye? Don Noe was pointing it out a while ago. Now it's gone?