Strongest Wilma Winds Question

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Strongest Wilma Winds Question

#1 Postby T'Bonz » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:13 pm

Hi guys...I'm back after a few days without power.

I'm still digging through threads, but does anyone know how high the sustained winds were for Coral Springs (Fort Lauderdale)?

Also - how high were our gusts?

Our locked shutters flew open three different times. I'm not very happy about that.
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#2 Postby Recurve » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:56 pm

See this thread:

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... ind+report
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#3 Postby Scorpion » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:59 pm

82 mph sustained 102 gust at PBIA. Pretty impressive for a station.
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#4 Postby T'Bonz » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:34 pm



Saw that. But FLL is south and east of us. I'm in Coral Springs.

I was hoping for local stats. Just like with Frances, WU doesn't have the stats in their almanac for actual winds during the hurricane. Damn it. *sigh*
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#5 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:02 pm

my guess is low-end cat 2 for southern Lauderdale
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#6 Postby sponger » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:06 pm

Sounds about right based on regional obs. We might need a way toi measure the degree of wind change between sustained and gusts. Might explain the extensive tree damage which resembles a low cat 3 as opposed to structural damage, which seems right in line with a low end 2.
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#7 Postby T'Bonz » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:14 am

Derek Ortt wrote:my guess is low-end cat 2 for southern Lauderdale


If I had to make an uneducated guess, I'd say I was in strong cat 2. Some of the damage is rather amazing around here and in other neighborhoods. I guess a cat 3 is when you see structural damage (there is roof damage and some window damage around here and of course, screened porches/pool enclosures took it badly) but no destroyed houses, thank God.

We were lucky.

I'm in the northern part of Broward. This time, it was not the best place to be.

Ah well. House is fine, cars are fine, trees....well, two out of three isn't bad. ;)

If this was a 2, I don't want to think about what Andrew was like in Homestead in 1992. Up here, it was merely annoying.
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