Hurricane Wilma - Cat. 5

[Starburst]

this season is just unbelievable!! Do not let panic set in the public if you are not prepared for this one go tonight and get your supplies cause tomorrow moring it will be to late. Good luck all of you and all of you are most definately in our prayers.

[wxmann_91]

This is the first time I've seen 901 mb and NOT a Cat 5.

[thermos]

Not again! 2005 is the attack of the monster hurricanes.

[Windy]

<B>Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

[mtm4319]

http://tinypic.com/erfkog.jpg

Posting for posterity... Wilma is now the fifth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever.

888 Gilbert
892 unnamed hurricane (1935)
897 Rita
899 Allen
901 Wilma
902 Katrina
905 Camille
905 Mitch

[superfly]

This is the first time I've seen 901 mb and NOT a Cat 5.

Won't be long, won't be long.

[Brent]

Look at those cloudtops!!



That is one thing Katrina or Rita never had at peak intensity.

[superfly]

Move over LBH, Wilma is now the bar by which rapid intensification will be measured. From TS to strong Cat 4 in 14 hours, 69mb drop in 8 hours.

[fci]

Move over LBH, Wilma is now the bar by which rapid intensification will be measured. From TS to strong Cat 4 in 14 hours, 69mb drop in 8 hours.

It is just beyond explanation.

[f5]

Gilbert 1935 labor day Hurricane your time is up

[THead]

Wish it was light out so we could see a visible......wonder what she'll look like in the mornin............nite all, getting some sleep so I can stay up for the next 5 days..........

[Brent]

Storm Name: WILMA (24L)
Mission Number: 07
Flight ID: AF308
Observation Number: 10
INITIATED CLIMB TO 700MB IN EYE OF HURRICANE FOR SAFETY

[Lori]

http://tinypic.com/erfkog.jpg

Posting for posterity... Wilma is now the fifth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever.

888 Gilbert
892 unnamed hurricane (1935)
897 Rita
899 Allen
901 Wilma
902 Katrina
905 Camille
905 Mitch

Three of most intense Atlantic hurricanes in one season.

[NCHurricane]

Yeah, I commented on that <edit> the flight level increase </edit> in the recon thread.

When was the last time you saw that, Brent?

Chuck
http://www.nchurricane.com

[wxmann_91]

For reference information, the fastest any storm has strengthened was Typhoon Forrest (forgot what year), went from 979 to 879 mb in 24 hours.

[inotherwords]

I have an eye question. Right now it's a pinhole eye and is about to undergo a ERC according to the NHC. Will the eye stay small, relatively speaking, or will it expand before landfall? Meaning, if it's 5 miles across now, could it, say, get up to a 60 mile across eye at some point, or would it stay fairly compact over time because of the characteristics the storm has now?

[Ivanhater]

wow!!!!!!!!!

[mike815]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS I NIGHTMARE OR I WAS DREAMING. MY GOD!!!!

[PTrackerLA]

Those cloud tops!!! Stan amazed me with his extremely cold cloud tops but Wilma is like something I've never seen in the Atlantic. That pinhole eye is unbelievable as well.

[mike815]

i am a loss of words one word UNBELIVEABLE and its so BIG!