Hurricane Wilma - Cat. 5

StormFury · #5261 Postby **StormFury** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:33 am

Whoa! Aren't you guys surprised? Seems kind of nonchalant here.

mikemiller18 · #5262 Postby **mikemiller18** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:34 am

it's a category 4 then officially?

FlaNativeMom · #5263 Postby **FlaNativeMom** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:34 am

Dennis Phillips just reported a tornado a few miles south of Naples travelling 70 mph! :eek:

Matt-hurricanewatcher · #5264 Postby **Matt-hurricanewatcher** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:35 am

Waiting for special Advisorie....

mtm4319 · #5265 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:35 am

mikemiller18 wrote:it's a category 4 then officially?

Not officially - we'll know for sure at the 3 AM EDT advisory, most likely.

#5266 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:52 am

I agree, there's no rain on the west side.....just a solid wall of water!
:wink:

#5267 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:53 am

mtm4319 · #5268 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:55 am

The advisories are usually in by 10 minutes before the hour. This one is coming in a little late.

bahamaswx · #5269 Postby **bahamaswx** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:55 am

mtm4319 wrote:
mikemiller18 wrote:it's a category 4 then officially?

Not officially - we'll know for sure at the 3 AM EDT advisory, most likely.

They'll go with 130mph. Borderline 3/4.

FunkMasterB · #5270 Postby **FunkMasterB** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:55 am

Why is the convection on the east side so much weaker than the west side? The east side should be the strong side (all else being equal). Interaction with land?

mtm4319 · #5271 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:57 am

135 knots flight level just found. This is very likely a cat 4 now.

#5272 Postby **WxGuy1** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:57 am

Latest recon measured 134kt, even better than the 130kt measured 15-20 mins ago.

mtm4319 · #5273 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:59 am

I know why the advisory is late now... they want to make sure cat 4 winds are actually present before they upgrade it.

#5274 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:00 am

FunkMasterB wrote:Why is the convection on the east side so much weaker than the west side? The east side should be the strong side (all else being equal). Interaction with land?

Could be because of interaction with the trough, that the convection is increased on the N and W. They have been saying for a while it would be the wetter side, while the S and E side would be the windier one.

thermos · #5275 Postby **thermos** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:02 am

Cat 4 would really going to shock and terrify some people. Could mean Cat 3 winds for major SE Florida cities.

#5276 Postby **THead** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:02 am

mtm4319 wrote:135 knots flight level just found. This is very likely a cat 4 now.

Wow, there's not enough crow in the world for this S2K community.
:wink:

#5277 Postby **deltadog03** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:02 am

convection is starting to to blow up on the eastern eye wall....deep Convection is blowing up....

FunkMasterB · #5278 Postby **FunkMasterB** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:03 am

Sorry for anyone in the path of this thing, but thankfully it looks like it will come ashore in a relatively unpopulated area. This thing goes just north of Tampa, we're taking a major disaster considering how quickly and unexpectedly this thing strengthened. Lots of reports of people not taking this one seriously.

inotherwords · #5279 Postby **inotherwords** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:04 am

We are getting pretty heavy squally weather with rain coming in at a steep angle from the east. Sustained winds about maybe 30-40 mph with gusts. This is going to be very, very bad for our friends south of here.

I found water coming in my bedroom window to the east. I live in a 1920s house and had caulked all my other windows that had leaked before, forgot about that one. I found myself hanging out the window trying to make rope caulk stick in the driving rain. For 3 a.m. it's particularly hot and humid.

Anyone who needs to secure old casement windows, rope caulk works great. It's like Poli-grip for windows ;-)

FunkMasterB · #5280 Postby **FunkMasterB** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:04 am

Thanks for your reply, THead.

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