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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
I saw a replay of it on our local NBC station. Al was out in the wind in Naples and it was blowing. There was a guy on the ground with his arms wrapped around Al's legs, trying to hold him steady. Then the wind appears to pick up a big more and Al goes down. A third man rushs out of the building to pull both of them back in.
It looked like the picture that KNBC was showing was not quite the same feed that the Today Show was broadcasting. It appeared to be a slightly larger view that included part of the doorway -- in addition to the "leglock" guy. The local KNBC announcer did say something about not hiding the full story from the audience.
Large water main break in Naples just reported. All of Naples is without water and power. Most of Gulf Shore Blvd. is under water.
Just reported downtown Naples under water as well...
Strong gusts hit, power on and off a few times, then heard transformers popping. Local effect or is this what central florida is getting now? Lights out at casa NVA in Palm Bay, saving ups to run the cable modem and running laptop off batteries. Hurricane lamp lit for first time this year, hopefully the last.
Freeper Ax reporting from Boynton Beach saying 60+ winds, trees down, and power out since 0730. Eye has passed and they are feeling back end of it now.
Info from Miami Ch.4 CBS -
Boil water order for;
Plantation, Pompano Beach, Tamaracc, Deerfield Beach
Just talked to my stepmom in Kendall (Sabal Chase) -- Power out since 7:30am.
In this case, as the storm moves to the east, the winds to the south of the eye are pushing away from land, not towards land. So Miami shouldn't get much surge from this.
Blue skies! Yay!
And it's COLD!!! BOOO!!
Just talked to an amigo in Miami. He's without power, and has been for a while. His mom's car got shelled by roof tiles, but only moderately; no windows broken.
Michelle Kosinski reporting in by phone from SW FL. Standby for video...
Ah, that Polish info-babe. I don't think she's got both oars in the water.
:^)
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Did Marco or Everglades City get the expected storm surge?
High-rise damage will probably end up being the big story from FL on this storm. Lots of retirees in those, all along the SE FL coast. Not a good situation.
Here I am, live, in the middle of this category 5 hurricane, barely able to stand. I've lashed myself to this tre... Uh.. Michelle... how come those people are walking by you drinking cokes, and the sun is shining? Uhh... Matt... it's very windy here, but they wouldn't let me get into the windiest portions of the category 5 hurricane... Uhh... Michelle, it was barely a 3 when it made landfall.. Umm.. Matt... back to you and Katie from this strong category 5 storm. Katie: You know, Matt... we really need to fire her. Now. She makes us look more stupid that we already are.
Stuart update: They had the eye pass over with complete calm for about an hour. The back side of the storm has just started. While on the phone, my mother screamed as a transformer exploded. We ended the call quickly, and they are headed into the interior hallway. She is very frightened.
Power went out for awhile- back now but blinking. 40 mph with higher gusts- still pouring- getting water up on the porch now -first time I've ever seen it there. Dogs are refusing to go outside:)
Lights blinking- signing off for now.
Blue skies visible west from Tampa Bay. Still breezy.
Damn, that looks like downtown Houston after Alison.
Hi everyone! I just got back home a few mins ago and all is fine. 40-45mph gusts here with a lot of rain but not anything like what they are getting south of us. My prayers go up. Has anyone heard from laz lately? The tornadoes last night were worrisome to say the least. The storm was stronger than anticipated.
Glad to hear that. Said a prayer for him.
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