Posted: October 19, 2005 2:38 pm
not something Shane normally hears...mings wrote:
THAT THING'S HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: October 19, 2005 2:39 pm
In my best imitation from the movie Friday:RinglingRingling wrote:not something Shane normally hears...mings wrote:
THAT THING'S HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shane, where you at? You can't let that slide.
Posted: October 19, 2005 3:00 pm
Wilma now holds the record for the strongest Atlantic hurricane/lowest barometric pressure in the Atlantic basin on record at 882 mb, beating Gilbert in 1988. Both Katrina and Rita came close, but didn't beat it.
Wilma is actually small compared to Katrina, as of now the hurricane force winds only extend outward about 50 miles from the center. But its got a ludicrously small eye which is so powerful its actually doing loop-de-loops - check out the satellite loop:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html
Wilma is actually small compared to Katrina, as of now the hurricane force winds only extend outward about 50 miles from the center. But its got a ludicrously small eye which is so powerful its actually doing loop-de-loops - check out the satellite loop:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html
Posted: October 19, 2005 3:41 pm
Scary stuff...I'd be most concerned if I were in the Cancun/Cozumel neighborhood today....I think she's supposed to weaken after crossing the Yucatan/western Cuba neighborhood, but I'm surprised there's not further re-strengthening projected while crossing the Gulf (unless the Gulf has already started to cool off a bunch). And, the current cold front needs a bit more of that Canadian downforce to turn it south of Florida...
Okay, so everyone up North turn towards the South-Southeast...all together now......one, two, three, BLOW! One, two, three, BLOW!...(that's it...keep going...) One, two, three BLOW!.....
Fins to my Florida buds!!!
Posted: October 19, 2005 3:43 pm
Quiet and Shy wrote:
Scary stuff...I'd be most concerned if I were in the Cancun/Cozumel neighborhood today....I think she's supposed to weaken after crossing the Yucatan/western Cuba neighborhood, but I'm surprised there's not further re-strengthening projected while crossing the Gulf (unless the Gulf has already started to cool off a bunch). And, the current cold front needs a bit more of that Canadian downforce to turn it south of Florida...
Okay, so everyone up North turn towards the South-Southeast...all together now......one, two, three, BLOW! One, two, three, BLOW!...(that's it...keep going...) One, two, three BLOW!.....
Fins to my Florida buds!!!
Sending mega Phin Power down from the North!
Posted: October 19, 2005 3:45 pm
She was also only supposed to get up to a Category 3 today before dropping back to a 2 tomorrow.Quiet and Shy wrote::I think she's supposed to weaken after crossing the Yucatan/western Cuba neighborhood
Posted: October 19, 2005 3:50 pm
Yeah, well I was just puzzled as to why they wouldn't expect her to re-strengthen over water...which is what they usually do. No question she's an unpredictable beast....land_shark3 wrote:She was also only supposed to get up to a Category 3 today before dropping back to a 2 tomorrow.Quiet and Shy wrote::I think she's supposed to weaken after crossing the Yucatan/western Cuba neighborhood
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:07 pm
Well, she IS female. running for cover nowQuiet and Shy wrote:No question she's an unpredictable beast....
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:10 pm
The latest: (there is not much south of Naples...we can only hope and pray)
Hurricane Wilma's winds have decreased slightly, but it is still a category 5 hurricane and meteorologists are predicting the storm will hit Florida over the weekend.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the storm is at 17.5 N and 83.5 W. Maximum sustained winds are down slightly to 165 mph. Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, is moving west of northwest at 7 mph.
The official track shows a landfall on Saturday south of Naples. The storm will be picked up by strong upper level winds when it enters the Gulf of Mexico and it should weaken due to increasing wind shear.
Hurricane Wilma's winds have decreased slightly, but it is still a category 5 hurricane and meteorologists are predicting the storm will hit Florida over the weekend.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the storm is at 17.5 N and 83.5 W. Maximum sustained winds are down slightly to 165 mph. Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, is moving west of northwest at 7 mph.
The official track shows a landfall on Saturday south of Naples. The storm will be picked up by strong upper level winds when it enters the Gulf of Mexico and it should weaken due to increasing wind shear.
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:12 pm
Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:15 pm
I am seeing a trend here.. they said it about Rita as wellLIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:16 pm
correct on both counts.....RinglingRingling wrote:I am seeing a trend here.. they said it about Rita as wellLIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:16 pm
You can run ... but you can't hide!LIPH wrote:Well, she IS female. running for cover nowQuiet and Shy wrote:No question she's an unpredictable beast....
Remember I know where you livePosted: October 19, 2005 4:20 pm
And then straight across Orlando and up the East Coast.ToplessRideFL wrote:The official track shows a landfall on Saturday south of Naples. The storm will be picked up by strong upper level winds when it enters the Gulf of Mexico and it should weaken due to increasing wind shear.
Didn't one do that last year? Hit around Boca, bounced up the East Coast, and then circled back around towards Florida?
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:20 pm
Found this on the wires here at work:
Hurricane director tells New England to keep eye on Wilma
MIAMI (AP) - The director of the National Hurricane Center is
telling New England to keep an eye on Wilma.
Max Mayfield said some computer models show Hurricane Wilma
heading toward New England next week.
But he said it was way too early to know if it would actually
hit the region.
Mayfield said the hurricane is going to move very rapidly once
it gets over the Atlantic Ocean.
He said if it starts heading closer to New England, it could
mean trouble.
He said sometimes hurricanes accelerate so rapidly they don't
have time to weaken before they reach New England. Mayfield said
that's what happened during the great hurricane of 1938.
Hurricane Wilma could reach Florida by the weekend.
Hurricane director tells New England to keep eye on Wilma
MIAMI (AP) - The director of the National Hurricane Center is
telling New England to keep an eye on Wilma.
Max Mayfield said some computer models show Hurricane Wilma
heading toward New England next week.
But he said it was way too early to know if it would actually
hit the region.
Mayfield said the hurricane is going to move very rapidly once
it gets over the Atlantic Ocean.
He said if it starts heading closer to New England, it could
mean trouble.
He said sometimes hurricanes accelerate so rapidly they don't
have time to weaken before they reach New England. Mayfield said
that's what happened during the great hurricane of 1938.
Hurricane Wilma could reach Florida by the weekend.
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:20 pm
No. Katrina came close and Rita even closer, but Wilma beat Gilbert and is now the strongest on record, which is measured by barometer, at 882 mb.LIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1230481
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:22 pm
I think the Atlantic Basin is the sticking point....Blonde Stranger wrote:No. Katrina came close and Rita even closer, but Wilma beat Gilbert and is now the strongest on record, which is measured by barometer, at 882 mb.LIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1230481
but either way.... one has been bigger than the last
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:24 pm
By low pressure Wilma wins...Blonde Stranger wrote:No. Katrina came close and Rita even closer, but Wilma beat Gilbert and is now the strongest on record, which is measured by barometer, at 882 mb.LIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1230481
The reports about Katrina, and then Rita, being the strongest were based on wind speed, I believe. It's an apples and oranges kind of thing.
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:29 pm
I'm not sure what you mean by Atlantic. Wilma has now gone down as the most intense hurricane on record in this hemisphere, which consists of the Atlantic basin. Here is the current rank:ToplessRideFL wrote:I think the Atlantic Basin is the sticking point....Blonde Stranger wrote:No. Katrina came close and Rita even closer, but Wilma beat Gilbert and is now the strongest on record, which is measured by barometer, at 882 mb.LIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1230481
but either way.... one has been bigger than the last
1 Wilma 2005 882
2 Gilbert 1988 888
3 Labor Day 1935 892
4 Rita 2005 897
5 Allen 1980 899
6 Katrina 2005 902
7 Camille 1969 905
Posted: October 19, 2005 4:30 pm
I don't know about anyone else here, but I always get a chill going past the Hurricane monument on Lower Matacumbe KeyBlonde Stranger wrote:I'm not sure what you mean by Atlantic. Wilma has now gone down as the most intense hurricane on record in this hemisphere, which consists of the Atlantic basin. Here is the current rank:ToplessRideFL wrote:I think the Atlantic Basin is the sticking point....Blonde Stranger wrote:No. Katrina came close and Rita even closer, but Wilma beat Gilbert and is now the strongest on record, which is measured by barometer, at 882 mb.LIPH wrote:Didn't they say that about Katrina?ToplessRideFL wrote: Wilma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1230481
but either way.... one has been bigger than the last
1 Wilma 2005 882
2 Gilbert 1988 888
3 Labor Day 1935 892
4 Rita 2005 897
5 Allen 1980 899
6 Katrina 2005 902
7 Camille 1969 905