Hurricane Wilma - Cat. 5

Website · #5221 Postby **Brent** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:13 am

vaffie wrote:Did you guys realize that 35 "Hurricane Andrew eyes" could comfortably fit within Wilma's eye with 80 square miles of space left over...

superfly · #5222 Postby **superfly** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:15 am

vaffie wrote:Did you guys realize that 35 "Hurricane Andrew eyes" could comfortably fit within Wilma's eye with 80 square miles of space left over...

No way, Andrew's eye was about 15 miles wide. Latest recon was a 60 mile eye for Wilma so that's roughly 15 Andrew eyes inside Wilma's eye.

vaffie · #5223 Postby **vaffie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:18 am

Brent wrote:
vaffie wrote:Did you guys realize that 35 "Hurricane Andrew eyes" could comfortably fit within Wilma's eye with 80 square miles of space left over...

Yeah, Andrew's eye was 10 miles in diameter--making it 79 square miles and Wilma's eye is 60--making it 2828 square miles!

jrtalon · #5224 Postby **jrtalon** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:18 am

LOL at the druck guy on Foxnews.

Solaris · #5225 Postby **Solaris** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:18 am

Key West Intl Airport gusting up to 67 mph

#5226 Postby **HURAKAN** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:18 am

To add, there could fit 40 WILMA's eye when it was 2 miles in the Caribbean Sea.

#5227 Postby **CronkPSU** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:20 am

jrtalon wrote:LOL at the druck guy on Foxnews.

it was the same guy CNN refused to talk about early for "fear of legal ramifications"

superfly · #5228 Postby **superfly** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:22 am

HURAKAN wrote:To add, there could fit 40 WILMA's eye when it was 2 miles in the Caribbean Sea.

Actually 900.

vaffie · #5229 Postby **vaffie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:24 am

superfly wrote:
vaffie wrote:Did you guys realize that 35 "Hurricane Andrew eyes" could comfortably fit within Wilma's eye with 80 square miles of space left over...

No way, Andrew's eye was about 15 miles wide. Latest recon was a 60 mile eye for Wilma so that's roughly 15 Andrew eyes inside Wilma's eye.

Thank you for correcting me. But it wasn't 15 at landfall. The NHC says it was 11 knots on average at landfall--making it 12 miles.
See: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html

It is a concerning paper to scan through right now, because Andrew was also moving through Florida at top speed, and it's lowest pressure was at 940--14 mb lower than this storm which fell 3 mb in one hour and still has 6 or 7 hours to go. Note that Andrew strengthened even when it was over land initially because of the land interaction according to the NHC. It would be bad if this one did that too. Anyway, I'm off to bed. I'll pray for you all in Florida before I go to bed. Good night.

#5230 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:25 am

jrtalon wrote:LOL at the druck guy on Foxnews.

Can't beat the coverage on CBS 4 with Bryan Norcross. IMHO
For those who missed the link:

http://www.cbs4.com

TheGreatWalter · #5231 Postby **TheGreatWalter** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:28 am

THead wrote:
jrtalon wrote:LOL at the druck guy on Foxnews.

Can't beat the coverage on CBS 4 with Bryan Norcross. IMHO
For those who missed the link:

http://www.cbs4.com

I love the fact that the guy reporting for CBS4 down in Key West has a green glow-stick around his neck.

#5232 Postby **CronkPSU** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:32 am

BTW where is my man Anderson Cooper tonight???

#5233 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:36 am

CronkPSU wrote:BTW where is my man Anderson Cooper tonight???

He went to Key West, saw Wilma coming, and did a 180.

superfly · #5234 Postby **superfly** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:37 am

vaffie wrote:
superfly wrote:
vaffie wrote:Did you guys realize that 35 "Hurricane Andrew eyes" could comfortably fit within Wilma's eye with 80 square miles of space left over...

No way, Andrew's eye was about 15 miles wide. Latest recon was a 60 mile eye for Wilma so that's roughly 15 Andrew eyes inside Wilma's eye.

Thank you for correcting me. But it wasn't 15 at landfall. The NHC says it was 11 knots on average at landfall--making it 12 miles.
See: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html

While I don't want to say the NHC is wrong, there's simply no way this eye was under 20km (I measured 25km with a piece of string)

#5235 Postby **CronkPSU** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:39 am

that's a big piece of string :hehe:

sorry starting to run on fumes here

Scorpion · #5236 Postby **Scorpion** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:41 am

I am running on adreneline here. Waiting and ready for some shock and awe. I expect Cat 2 winds. This is going to be a long night.

Website · #5237 Postby **Brent** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:45 am

Scorpion wrote:I am running on adreneline here. Waiting and ready for some shock and awe. I expect Cat 2 winds. This is going to be a long night.

You might as well go to sleep, the Cat 2 winds won't be there til after sunrise anyway.

Stratosphere747 · #5238 Postby **Stratosphere747** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:45 am

Scorpion wrote:I am running on adreneline here. Waiting and ready for some shock and awe. I expect Cat 2 winds. This is going to be a long night.

Why in heavens would anybody be "waiting and ready for some shock and awe"

Have you not seen what has happened to the lives of people over the last few years? You should be praying for Wilma to lose strength, NOT shock and awe.

Scorpion · #5239 Postby **Scorpion** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:47 am

I want to go to sleep so bad. But I need to get the new pressure readings and SE quad winds before I feel more comfortable.

#5240 Postby **JPmia** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:49 am

Brent wrote:
Scorpion wrote:I am running on adreneline here. Waiting and ready for some shock and awe. I expect Cat 2 winds. This is going to be a long night.

You might as well go to sleep, the Cat 2 winds won't be there til after sunrise anyway.

Yep. I am off to bed as well...as for our area, tomorrow will be a LONG day. This is probably my last post unless I find some interesting tidbits about her before I retire for the morning. Quite nervous here in Ft. Lauderdale...will try to video some of the winds. Goodnight all. Wish us luck. 8-)

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