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
LOL - the raft is still there. I guess I forgot to cut the line...big boat is fine too. No new additions to the vessel family today.
Just got off the phone with my friend in Palm Bay. He still has electric, cable, phone, and air conditioning, but his utilities are all buried.
He did say he was very scared, however. Said he heard on the radio there were tornadoes touching down near his area, and said he had heard some really bad winds in the last thirty.
Peeked out his back door, and his very tall pine tree is in the neighbor's yard at this time.
His wife is 30 miles north taking care of her critically ill mother, in a supposedly very storm secure home.
His back yard is also full of lawn furniture and plastic garbage cans that blew in from other places in the neighborhood.
He's laughing about it, because that's all you really can do...you know?
Other than cry
Maybe the snake saw the cables and figured it was a family gathering :)
Thanks, NN. A couple of my friends from The Hobbit Hole are in Miami.
Miles O'brien lost one hat this morning live on TV. He finally gave up and decided to go bare headed.
There hasn't been any tape on my windows since then and I agree it doesn't appear that taping is a big thing anymore.
According to a poster on the earlier thread, Geraldo no longer works for FNC but went over to do a show of his own on the regular Fox network.
Actually the latest research is that plywood boarding up is basically almost as worthless as tape; only thing that truly works are purpose-built shutters.
Jerry Rivers is gone???
Well, journalism is gone to hell now without him. That's all I can say...8-))
Just hearing we're expecting winds of 75 mph here in Central FL in the next couple of hours. WTH??
Very likely the correct assumption.
MELBOURNE BEACH - A home in Melbourne Beach collapsed, sending its second floor onto the highway blocking traffic on the 9100 block of State Road A1A - the major road along the barrier island.
Residents were home at the time, but no injuries were reported, according to Lt. Russ Cockriel of the Brevard County Sheriff' s Office.
My friend near there just sent me an IM telling me that two minutes ago.
Amazing that stuff still works in the middle of a storm, eh?
According to my husband he headed to NY to broadcast today.
Hang tough, y'all!!
EM
Can your friend login here? He doesn't have much longer before he can relax. Brevard county deputies are working in force along with Palm Bay PD. He should be OK.
I've moved on to frozen lime bars...
Anybody any recent reports from areas near Miami international airport?
Guess we'll know in a couple of hours. He said recently that he had never experienced a hurricane-always evacuates-but the next one he might stick around for unless he is mandatorily evacuated.
Yes- that's the one. Since our local reporter was there he could add the amazing details. Imagine being asleep and waking up to that.
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