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Hurricane Wilma Advisory Number 32

Statement as of 4:00 am CDT on October 23, 2005

...Wilma moving slowly northeastward...still not strengthening...
At 4 am CDT...0900z...the Hurricane Watch is replaced by a Hurricane
Warning north of Jupiter Inlet to Titusville. A Hurricane Warning
is now in effect for all of the Florida Keys...including the Dry
Tortugas and Florida Bay...along the Florida West Coast from
Longboat Key southward...and along the Florida East Coast from
Titusville southward...including Lake Okeechobee.

At 4 am CDT...0900z....the tropical storm watch is replaced by a
Tropical Storm Warning north of Titusville to Flagler Beach.
A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect along the Florida West
Coast north of Longboat Key to Steinhatchee river...and along the
Florida East Coast north of Titusville to Flagler Beach.

A tropical storm watch remains in effect along the East Coast of
Florida from north of Flagler Beach to Fernandina Beach.

A Hurricane Warning remains in effect from San Felipe to Punta
gruesa on the Yucatan Peninsula...including Cozumel and the nearby
islands...and a Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect west of
San Felipe to Progreso.

A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the Cuban provinces of
Ciudad de la Habana...la Habana...and Pinar del Rio. A Tropical
Storm Warning is in effect for the Isle of Youth. A Hurricane
Watch remains in effect for the province of Matanzas.

A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for the northwestern Bahamas...
including the Abacos...Andros Island...Berry Islands...
Bimini...Eleuthera...Grand Bahama Island...and New Providence.

For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

At 4 am CDT...0900z...the center of Hurricane Wilma was located near
latitude 22.1 north... longitude 86.6 west or about 40 miles...65
km... north of Cancun Mexico and about 350 miles... 565 km...
west-southwest of Key West Florida.
Wilma is moving toward the northeast near 3 mph... 6 km/hr...and an
increase in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph...160 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Wilma is a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale. Some increase in strength is possible today.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles...110 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 200 miles...325 km.

An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft measured a minimum central
pressure of 961 mb...28.38 inches.

Storm surge flooding of 8 to 13 ft above normal tide levels is
possible along the southwest Florida coast near and to the
south of where the center of Wilma makes landfall. Storm surge
flooding of 5 to 8 ft above normal is possible in the Florida Keys
and Florida Bay...as well as in Lake Okeechobee. Storm surge
flooding along the Yucatan Peninsula and the nearby islands should
subside as Wilma moves away.

Wilma is expected to produce additional rainfall accumulations of 10
to 15 inches through Sunday across portions of western Cuba and the
northeastern Yucatan Peninsula... with isolated maximum storm total
amounts approaching 50 inches. Rainfall across southern Florida
including the Keys through Tuesday is expected to be 4 to 8
inches... with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches possible.

Large swells generated by Wilma will continue to propagate into the
eastern Gulf of Mexico. These swells could affect portions of the
northern Gulf Coast today.

Isolated tornadoes are possible over the southern Florida Peninsula
and the Florida Keys today.

Repeating the 4 am CDT position...22.1 N... 86.6 W. Movement
toward...northeast near 3 mph. Maximum sustained winds...100 mph.
Minimum central pressure... 961 mb.

An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 7 am CDT followed by the next complete advisory at 10 am
CDT.

Forecaster Pasch

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