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Storm
Report
issued by
NWS WFO
Miami
in the Caribbean Sea and moved to the west and northwest as it
became a tropical depression, then a tropical storm with the name
"Wilma". Wilma quickly strengthened to a hurricane, then on October
19, intensified explosively to a violent, category five hurricane with
175-MPH sustained winds and the lowest central pressure ever
measured in the Atlantic basin at 882 MB, a reading the shattered
the previous measure of 888 MB back in 1988 by hurricane Gilbert.
The record was not only such extreme intensity measures, but how
quickly they were achieved, with explosive deepening records also set
where a pressure drop of over 15 MB per hour was observed at one
point!
After making her first landfall in Mexico she redeveloped into a
category 3 hurricane then making a second landfall near Everglades
City, FL on the southwest coast. She then blasted northeast holding
at a category two clear across the state producing very impressive
damage on the Florida southeast coast of Palm Beach, Broward and
Dade counties.
The Chase
Since Wilma was going to be making landfall on the southwest coast
during the pre dawn hours and along a coastline that was mostly
swamp and little road network I opted to intercept her eye on the
east coast. Giving her forward speed and her crossing the warm
Everyglades I felt she would still hold onto being a impressive strong
category two while exiting the state. This came true and below is my
view and scenes from the eye of Wilma in West Palm Beach, FL.
Hurricane and Weather
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the latest hurricanes to
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States from 1998-2005. We
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Wilma Part One (12.1mb)
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