Posted on 10/24/2005 2:18:01 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Category Three Major Hurricane Wilma is barreling toward the Southwest Florida coastline. The storm is packing wind speeds of 125mph, moving NW at 20mph, with an enormous eye 65 miles in diameter. Landfall is anticipated shortly in Collier County between 6:00 and 7:00AM ET.
Storm surge flooding of 9 feet to 17 feet is possible along the coast near and to the south of where Wilma makes landfall. Storm surge of 5 to 8 feet is predicted for the Keys. The storm has spawned tornados throughout the Florida peninsula since yesterday evening.
The following links are self-updating:
Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 0500, 0800, 1100 etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 0500, 1100, 1700, 2300 ET
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Wilma Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data SE Florida
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Florida
Florida Department of Emergency Management
Images:
Storm Floater IR Loop
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Florida Radar/Sat Loop Caution: Broadband users only
Extra Large Miami Radar Broadband only
Extra Large Key West Radar Broadband only
Miami Long Range Radar Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Loop
Miami Radar Still Image w/watches warnings
Melbourne Radar Still Image w/watches warnings
Key West Radar Still Image w/watches warnings
Tampa Bay Radar Still image w/watches warnings
Streaming Video:
WBBH-TV/WZVN-TV Ft. Myers (WMP): http://waterbc.wm.llnwd.net/waterbc_netvideo
WESH-TV/DT Orlando/Daytona Beach (RP): http://mfile.akamai.com/7883/live/reflector:24028.ram
WFTV-TV/DT Orlando (RP): http://mfile.akamai.com/7883/live/reflector:20361.ram
WKMG-TV/DT Orlando (RP): http://mfile.akamai.com/7883/live/reflector:23942.ram
WPBF-TV/DT West Palm Beach (RP): http://mfile.akamai.com/7883/live/reflector:24035.ram
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (WMP): http://216.242.118.140/windowsmedia/asx/wsvn_broadband.asx
WTVJ-TV/DT Miami: http://nbc6.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=381015
WPLG-TV/DT Miami (RP): http://mfile.akamai.com/8660/live/reflector:23941.ram
WFOR-TV/DT Miami (WMP): http://wfor.dayport.com/viewer/content/special.php?Art_ID=612&Format_ID=2&BitRate_ID=8&Contract_ID=2&Obj_ID={obj_id}
WTSP-TV/DT St. Petersburg/Tampa (WMP): mms://wmbcast.gannett.speedera.net/wmbcast.gannett/wmbcast_gannett_sep252004_1915_64623
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
Additional Resources:
Pet Friendly Florida Shelter Info
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City
CrownWeather.com
| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
Previous Threads:
Hurricane Wilma Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Wilma Part II
Hurricane Wilma Live Thread
Tropical Storm Wilma
Tropical Depression #24
Shiite!
Nap time. Can't stay awake long enough to type. You have some back-up?
..Is it true Wilma came in at 125 mph?
When I was up at 2AM, she was still 115.
Is that a move straight east between the 7 AM and 8 AM positions? Actual motion shift???
Wind gusts 92 mph by the Miami airport, per Fox.
They keep saying on Fox that "the back side of the storm is a little weaker". Is that true?
In Katrina, I'd say the back side of the storm here (Mobile) was perhaps 3 times as bad as the front side. Winds were sustained for long periods. When a calm hit, we figured it was the eye passing nearby and were relieved there wasn't much debris in the yard/street, etc. But then came the back end...what a mess.
Maybe that was an anomoly. But don't count on the back end being more tame.
Reporting temps in the 60s in Sarasota now. Looks like a nice Fall cold front day in store for us in a few hours.
I just read NN's excellent update, and she tells me exactly what I wanted to know.
Yes. The official sustained windspeed at 0600 EST was 120 mph, 24 miles inland.
If only the winds near the airport stay below a hundred, her old termite infested house may hold up.
Sure...everyone in Florida who still has electricity.
Actually I'm now dubious that it even drops to Cat 2 at all crossing Florida.
Prayers up to you for the difficult morning ahead!
CNN has been having some great coverage with their tilting radar system.
Anderson Cooper and John Zarella have been getting absolutely pummeled in Marco Island, incredible winds, and showing the sea coming up and swallowing the beach.
Miles O'Brien is in Naples, in about the same super nasty conditions as they all go through that back eyewall.
If this is all 90-100 mph winds, god I'm glad I evacuated from Rita here in Port Arthur! As I have read, we recorded 120.
The irony is the spectacular photogenic damage is about to occur in and around Ft. Lauderdale, with few national reporters there at all.
Really massive SE eyewall blowup (where the strongest winds were to begin with) about to arrive.
I don't have coordinates for 0800 EDT (0700 EST)yet.
Okay, I'm into the Halloween candy to try to stay awake here in California...
Ok, I'm out for a few.
Prayers for all FLFRs.
I bet many of those hotels in fort lauderdale have beach cams or web cams which are probably still working
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