Hurricane Wilma Live Thread, Part IV

NHC - NOAA ^ | 24 October 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[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

[AliVeritas]

Can you imagine that stall in Mexico... geez.

[patriciaruth]

Any new construction built to code should withstand 120 mph hurricane winds.

It's my aunt's termite rotted old home I'm worried about holding up.

[AliVeritas]

I have to steal it first.

[Strategerist]

Other than for mobile homes actually the government doesn't WANT people to evacuate for winds; the purpose of evacs is to get people out of potential storm surge areas.

[Faithfull]

My family is in Punta Gorda...still putting together their home after Charley. Can you tell me if you are hearing about any damage yet? thanks!

[AliVeritas]

Oh brother, what's next?

[patriciaruth]

Lucky you, you have chocolate you can eat.

Think I'll go chew up a Gaviscon.

[Guenevere]

Tis true....they actually showed a good size alligator swimmming in the street...

...not a stretch really....with all the canals, and bayous...

..shoot, we have alligators pop up in our pond often....big ones too.

And we sit smack dab in the middle of a busy residential neighborhood.

[publiusF27]

Now reporting temps in the 50s in Tampa area. Just spoke to my dad in Bradenton, he says mid 60s there.

Folks who just lost power are getting a nicer kind of hurricane experience. When they whack you in August, it's in the 90s as soon as the storm goes away, and you don't have air conditioning. Today, the problem for the real Floridians will be that it falls into the 50s and some of us won't have HEAT! That's a new post-hurricane complaint!

[WKB]

, but it looks pretty bad all the way north to Jupiter.



That should be a record breaker.

[meyer]

Reporting from Clermont in Lake county, about due west of Orlando. Windy, horizontal rain, but no signs of significant damage. Garbage can fell over, but contents seem to be intact.

Glad tall kitchen bags - hurricane tough.

[daybreakcoming]

Well obviously it was the SUV's fault. Oh wait - it was a CNN SUV? Fault does not apply.

[publiusF27]

I can't help it. I laugh at every photoshopped picture of that looter guy. He's funny every single time. Why is that?

[oldngray]

My brother lives off Hwy31 north of the Expo Center. You anywhere near there?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Second window compromised, something large is banging against the north side of the house.

Water coming in the house.

Fence is gone, trees are down, one more shutter loose, I may call sanctuary (go to the laundry room) for the kids if the next shutter goes.

Eye just minutes away according to radio.

Kicking hard now, something large just crashed outside.

[patriciaruth]

Where are you?

[ruthles]

Good Luck and God Bless.

[publiusF27]

I live just East of Punta Gorda, near a town called Cleveland, FL. Well, it's almost a town. It has a Circle K.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Coral Springs.

[Guenevere]

I think he's in Miami.