Unbelievable Intensification!
* Wilma is strengthening at an unreal pace tonight! The minimum pressure is now down to an astounding 901 millibars - that's a drop of 53 millibars in 4 hours - the largest recorded pressure drop in history...Just unbelievable.* Here's the latest VORTEX report from the National Hurricane Center:
000
URNT12 KNHC 190446
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 19/04:32:40Z
B. 16 deg 52 min N
081 deg 56 min W
C. 850 mb 516 m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg nm
F. 116 deg 162 kt
G. 15 deg 003 nm
H. EXTRAP 901 mb
I. 17 C/ 1537 m
J. 26 C/ 1557 m
K. 25 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C4
N. 12345/ 8
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF308 0724A WILMA OB 07
MAX FL WIND 162 KT NE QUAD 04:31:30 Z
SLP EXTRAP FROM 850 MB
* The good news is that it's out over the water - hopefully it will weaken dramatically before striking land.
* Our track forecast is mostly unchanged, we still think Wilma makes landfall somewhere between Tampa and Miami - again, very subject to change this far out!
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 12:28 AM
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