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

[patriciaruth]

Yep, Jeb was smart enough to figure that after watching the way they treated Dubya that he wasn't gonna subject hisself to that.
No, siree Bob. No way.

[tiredoflaundry]

LOL....... I opened a window a bit also. My chow chow is sitting in front of it with his eyes closed, drinking in the breeze!

[Capt. Tom]

Is the eye supposed to go over Miami and, if so, when?

The eye is passing over West Palm Beach right now.

See if you can bring up the radar view

try mashing here

[Normal4me]

47 for a low tonight on the heels of a hurricane. Go figure. What's next, a snowstorm? :-)

[Guenevere]

I think they're here now..!

Experiencing strong strong winds, with the rain.

Our pond is crawling into our back yard.

[tenthirteen]

His terrible swift sword has once again unleashed His fury. I'm afraid it won't be the last time.

[sageb1]

"South End of Pinellas, near the tip of the peninsula."

Is Pinellas Park near you? I have friends there.

[mewzilla]

Maybe the snake saw the cables and figured it was a family gathering :)

LOL. Awww, I wonder if he was looking for his mom?

[buickmackane]

Hey, thanks for reminding me about that "first heat of the season" stench.

I just got another car after mine was totaled in an accident, and I'm still getting used to the dashboard. I've already discovered that the rear window defogger is a bit slow in the mornings. Today was the first time that I've had to use the heater instead of the air conditioning; it took me a while to figure out the climate controls.

I'm going to take your advice and switch the controls in my apartment from air conditioning to heat, too. I have to go to a dentist's appointment, and maybe by the time I come back, that nasty smell will disappear.

Thanks again for the tip!

[NonValueAdded]

Yes, heaviest gusts so far hitting Palm Bay, winds now out of the North. Still we're far better off than Broward and Palm Beach counties. Hope the Banana Republican still has his roof!

[vigilante2]

rain heavy in Cocoa..some streets have a foot of water

[sageb1]

I was relieved to finally see someone on FOX report in from Ft. Myers saying there was minimal damage. Haven't heard from my sister who lives there yet. Also have a sister-in-law in Kissimmee. I was worried about her last night with all the tornados reported in her area. We never hear from her.

[FlJoePa]

Wow...Checking in from Juno Beach/Jupiter.

I don't want to go through that again anytime soon. Well over 100 mph gusts here - right at me. Thought I was going to lose my fence at one point. Also about 30 tree limbs are piled up against the fence.

In the eye still. Hopefully the reverse winds will blow all the tree limbs back where they came from.

[VeniVidiVici]

Leave a few windows cracked or it will still stink when you get back. :)

[FlJoePa]

Also, hats off to FPL and Adelphia. We're still in the eye of the storm and I have power and cable. Wow! I was prepared for days. Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself.

[buickmackane]

Thanks for the update. I'll check back later on.

I couldn't get to sleep last night no matter how hard I tried. I just stayed up straight around the clock until I had to drive my little girl to school. Now I've got a major dental appointment and I know I'm gonna pass out in the chair no matter what he does to me today!

Ciao for now!

[dirtboy]

Go figure. What's next, a snowstorm? :-)

Nah, that's forecast for the mountains of the Northeast.

[MarineMom613]

WOW, Vero Beach,
My sister is down there and I can't get no info. She said as of 9 this am still had power. Please let me know anything.
Thanks
Liz

[NonValueAdded]

The 11 AM position puts Wilma exiting at Palm Beach Shores.

[dawn53]

Pinellas Park is about 15 minutes up the road from where we are.