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Bron : CNN.com
Tropical Storm Wilma forms
Ties record for most storms in Atlantic season


Tropical Storm Wilma is south of Cuba in this infrared satellite image taken Monday at 3:15 a.m. ET.
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Tropical Storm Wilma formed Monday in the northwestern Caribbean, tying the record for the most storms in an Atlantic season and following a path that some forecasters believe could menace the Gulf Coast later this week as a hurricane.

Wilma is the 21st named storm of the season. The only other time that many storms formed since record keeping began 154 years ago was in 1933.

At 5 a.m. EDT, Wilma had top sustained winds near 40 mph, just above the threshold for tropical storms. It was centered about 175 miles southeast of Grand Cayman and drifting southwest near 3 mph.

A hurricane watch was issued for the Cayman Islands, meaning hurricane conditions could be felt there within 36 hours. The storm is expected to bring 4 to 6 inches of rain in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, with as much as 12 inches possible in some areas, forecasters said.

Long-term forecasts show the storm heading into the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend. Forecasters said high water temperatures and other conditions were favorable for it to become a significant hurricane.

But hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart said Wilma had shifted west of its previous path and could hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, not the U.S. Gulf Coast. "At this time it doesn't appear it will be a major threat to the United States during the next five days," Stewart said.

The U.S. Gulf Coast was already battered this year by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29. It killed more than 1,240 people and is expected to cause more than $34 billion in insured losses. Hurricanes Rita and Dennis have also battered the coast.

Since 1995, the Atlantic has been in a period of higher hurricane activity. Scientists say the cause of the increase is a rise in ocean temperatures and a decrease in the amount of disruptive vertical wind shear that rips hurricanes apart. Some researchers argue that global warming fueled by man's generation of greenhouse gases is the culprit.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the busy seasons are part of a natural cycle that can last for at least 20 years, and sometimes up to 40 or 50. They say the conditions are similar to those when the Atlantic was last in a period of high activity in the 1950s and '60s.

It's also difficult to know whether the Atlantic was even busier at any time before record keeping began in 1851. And satellites have only been tracking tropical weather since the 1960s, so some storms that just stayed at sea before then could have escaped notice.

The six-month hurricane season ends Nov. 30. Wilma is the last on the list of storm names for 2005; there are 21 names on the yearly list because the letters q, u, x, y and z are skipped. If any other storms form, letters from the Greek alphabet would be used, starting with Alpha. That has never happened in roughly 60 years of regularly named Atlantic storms.

A tracking map on the hurricane center's wall already had Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta listed just in case they form.

Forecasters say they wouldn't be surprised if another storm formed this year, even though the official forecast only called for 21 named storms this year. Wind shear typically increases and sea temperatures usually fall toward the end of October in the Atlantic, hurricane specialist Richard Knabb said.

"But the western Caribbean is an especially favorable location for late season development because the water remains quite warm and the vertical shear often is not that strong down there, that far south. So conditions are still favorable down there sometimes in late October and into November," he said.

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Op maandag 17 oktober 2005 17:52 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
tis trouwens nr.21...

Maarruh... de voorspellingen lopen uiteen... ook New Orleans loopt mogelijk weer gevaar

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Storm record equalled in Atlantic

A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean, equalling a 70-year-old record for the highest number of storms in the Atlantic in a single season.
Tropical Storm Wilma is expected to become a hurricane before heading to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico and the US Gulf coast by the end of the week.

These areas are still recovering from the devastation caused by hurricanes Katrina and Stan.

Wilma is the 21st named storm of the 2005 season.

The only other time that as many storms formed since record keeping began 154 years ago was in 1933.

'Moving erratically'

Wilma formed in the north-western part of the Caribbean Sea early on Monday, threatening the Cayman Islands.

A warning was issued there, meaning that hurricane conditions could be felt within 36 hours.

The National Hurricane Centre in the United States said that Wilma is moving erratically, with sustained winds of 65km/h (40 mph), and is expected to bring heavy rain in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.

Long-term forecasts show the storm heading towards the Gulf of Mexico and the US Gulf coast within the next two to three days.

Nearly 1,200 people were killed in the United States by Hurricane Katrina in August.

Hundreds more died in Mexico and Central America when Tropical Storm Stan struck early this month.

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MIAMI - Het Caribisch gebied moet zich opmaken voor een nieuwe zware orkaan. De tropische storm Wilma, die zich nu tussen Honduras en Jamaica bevindt, dreigt de komende dagen uit te groeien tot een "intense orkaan", waarschuwde het Amerikaanse Nationale Orkanen Centrum dinsdag.


Wilma koerst af op het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatan, Cuba en het zuiden van Florida. De windsnelheden van de storm zijn inmiddels opgelopen tot 110 kilometer per uur.

Oud record

Wilma zal naar verwachting dinsdag toenemen tot orkaankracht. Daarmee wordt het de twaalfde orkaan van het seizoen en evenaart Wilma een oud record. Het is namelijk pas voor de tweede keer sinds 1851 - het eerste jaar dat statistieken over orkanen werden bijgehouden - dat het Caribisch gebied in een seizoen door zoveel orkanen wordt getroffen. Dat gebeurde tot op heden alleen in 1969.

Oliemarkten

Op de oliemarkten worden de ontwikkelingen van Wilma op de voet gevolgd. Analisten zijn bang dat de nieuwe orkaan het voorbeeld van de 'zusjes' Katrina en Rita zal volgen. Deze orkanen richtten vorige maand grote schade aan aan de olieplatforms en de raffinaderijen in de Golf van Mexico en de Amerikaanse zuidkust.

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breaking news
Tropical Storm Wilma now a Category 1 hurricane in western Caribbean, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, forecasters say. Details soon.

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bron : AccuWeather
Hurricane Wilma continues to gather steam over the warm waters of the Caribbean. The storm will reach Category 3 strength by the end of Wednesday and could become a Category 4 hurricane for a while on Thursday or Friday. The AccuWeather.com forecasted track of Wilma shows the storm becoming a serious threat to Florida this weekend. Deviations in the path are still possible, but currently we feel southern and central Florida will experience the full fury of the storm. When the storm makes landfall this weekend, the west coast of Florida somewhere between Tampa and the Keys could be pounded by winds over 100 mph and a destructive storm surge. Torrential rain brought by the storm will be widespread across a large portion of the state.
Story by AccuWeather.com expert senior meteorologist John Kocet.

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Bron : hurricanetrack.com/
UPDATED: 4:55 PM EDT, October 18, 2005
WILMA NOW FORECAST TO BE VERY STRONG CAT-3/4 HURRICANE

The latest info coming from the NHC suggests that Wilma could become a strong category three and perhaps even a category four hurricane before making landfall. This is obviously not good news for the people in the path of this hurricane. It seems that environmental conditions will be very favorable for Wilma to become an intense and very dangerous hurricane. With that being said, I urge people within the cone of probability to start taking preparedness action now. Remember- your local authorities have hurricane plans in place to deal with such an event. Also remember too that a lot of people are in Florida now as "Snowbirds" and may not be used to hurricane threats. Time is on your side now- use it wisely and prepare for the worst. It looks like Wilma will come in and move out fairly quickly and we will have to see if it comes out close enough to the coast so that people along the Outer Banks of North Carolina have to worry. I am not sure that this will be the case right now- but it is something we will need to watch.

I am leaving for Naples, FL in the morning and will have full updates while en route. My colleague from Ft. Lauderdale, Mike Watkins, will produce a nice video report tomorrow evening to explain things to people using excellent graphics and simple terms so that folks understand what they're up against. That video will be online here near 7pm tomorrow evening. I will post another text update here later this evening- near the 11pm EDT advisory time.

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Bron : CNN
Hurricane Wilma now 'extremely dangerous'


Hurricane Wilma now 'extremely dangerous'
Category 4 storm has top sustained winds of 150 mph

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Wilma rapidly intensified from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, and forecasters warned it could become a Category 5 hurricane later in the day before possibly slamming into Florida by this weekend.

At 1 a.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported an Air Force plane had found 150 mph winds with higher gusts in Wilma.

"Wilma is an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale," the center said in an advisory. "The hurricane could become a Category 5 hurricane today."

The storm has already left seven to 10 people dead in Haitian mudslides caused by heavy rains, government officials told Reuters news agency.

The latest in a slew of devastating storms to sock the Gulf region, Wilma became a hurricane Tuesday -- tying the record for both most hurricanes in a season with 12 and most named storms at 21.

Just nine hours after becoming a hurricane, Wilma's wind speeds had jumped from 75 mph to 100 mph. Then, within two hours, the winds intensified from 110 to 150 mph.

At 2 a.m. EDT, the center of the storm was located 170 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman Island and about 400 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. It was moving west-northwest at nearly 8 mph and is expected to turn to the northwest over the next 24 hours, the hurricane center said.

A Category 4 hurricane can cause a storm surge of 18 feet above normal and cause complete destruction of mobile homes, extensive damage to doors and windows of structures and major damage to lower floors of structures near the shore.

Projections for Wilma's path suggest the storm may skirt the western tip of Cuba on Friday, possibly as a Category 4 storm with winds of greater than 130 mph, before curving eastward and barreling toward the southwestern Florida coast.

"All interests in the Florida Keys and the Florida peninsula should closely monitor the progress of Wilma," the NHC said.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward about 15 miles from the eye, and tropical-storm-force winds stretch up to 155 miles from the center.

Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Matanzas westward through Pinar del Rio and for the Isle of Youth, according to the hurricane center. Late Tuesday, Mexico extended a hurricane watch for the Yucatan Peninsula. The watch area now stretches from Punta Gruesa to Cabo Catoche. A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions, including winds of at least 74 mph, are possible within 36 hours.

A 150-mile stretch of the Honduran coast is under a tropical storm warning, and the Cayman Islands are under tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch.

The hurricane center said Cuba could get anywhere from 10 to 15 inches of rain in Wilma's wake, with some areas getting socked with as much as 25 inches. Additional rainfall accumulations of of up to 10 inches, with up to 15 inches possible in some areas, was possible across the Cayman Islands and Jamaica through Thursday. Across the Yucatan Peninsula, rainfall of up to 6 inches was possible, with up to 12 inches in some areas.

Wilma is the 21st named storm of the 2005 hurricane season and the 12th to reach hurricane status. Of those, five have developed into major hurricanes.

The only other time 12 hurricanes have been recorded in the Atlantic was in 1969, according to the hurricane center. The most major hurricanes in a year was eight, in 1950.

Wilma is also the final name on the 2005 list. The hurricane center does not use certain letters of the alphabet, including X, Y and Z, because there are so few names begin with those letters.

If any tropical storms and subsequent hurricanes form before the season ends on Nov. 30, they will be classified using the Greek alphabet, beginning with Alpha.

If that happens, it would be the first time since the naming of storms began in 1953, according to the hurricane center.

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Bron : NHC
000
WTNT64 KNHC 190629
TCUAT4
HURRICANE WILMA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2005
DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT HURRICANE WILMA
HAS BECOME AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE MEASURED
175 MPH WINDS AND ESTIMATED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 892 MB. THIS IS
THE LOWEST PRESSURE OBSERVED IN 2005 AND IS EQUIVALENT TO THE
MINIMUM PRESSURE OF THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE IN THE FLORIDA
KEYS.

FORECASTER AVILA

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UPDATED: 10:50 PM EDT, October 18, 2005
WOW! WILMA REALLY GETTING STRONG- FORECAST NOW TO A STRONG A CATEGORY FOUR- SOUTH FLORIDA IN GREAT DANGER

I really do not think this season can get any worse. Wilma is now on its way to being yet another category four hurricane with winds forecast to be near 145 mph. The pressure has dropped from 970 millibars to 945 millibars in about six hours. Now the time has come for people in south Florida to prepare and prepare seriously. The official foreast takes Wilma inland just south of Naples and then out perhaps near West Palm Beach. While the exact landfall location is tough to pin down this far out, I can tell you now that a great deal of south Florida will feel the damaging effects from Wilma. Tomorrow and Thursday need to be used to prepare and evacuate in order to save lives. The storm surge potential along the SW Florida coast is downright terrifying. I will be most interested to see what the NHC forecasts once Wilma rounds the corner and heads towards Florida. The other item to consider is how fast Wilma will likely be moving when it hits. The forward speed will increase significantly and Wilma will literally blast through Florida. This means that people who choose to stay in an evacuation area will not have the luxury of waiting until the last minute- that last minute will be too late. There is no other way to say it but to urge people to take this hurricane very seriously. I will be on my way to the Naples area tomorrow and will be working hard to gather information and report back here as safely as possible. I will post regular updates throughout the mission with the next update coming tomorrow morning around 7am or so.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 08:50 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
Tering!
Die luchtdruk .

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Orkaankracht Wilma neemt toe (video)

Tropische storm raast op Kaaimaneilanden af

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Bron : CNN
Hurricane Wilma a Category 5 monster
'Extremely dangerous' storm has top sustained winds of 175 mph

Wednesday, October 19, 2005; Posted: 2:59 a.m. EDT (06:59 GMT)

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Wilma has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane, with sustained maximum winds of 175 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

The hurricane's minimum pressure is 892 millibars -- the lowest pressure observed in 2005.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 08:52 schreef IkWilbert het volgende:
Laten we hopen dat ie wat afzwakt voordat het land wordt bereikt. Dat is meestal wel geval...

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 10:09 schreef Falco het volgende:
Maar hoe noordelijker deze orkaan beweegt, hoe kouder het water van de Golf van Mexico wordt, dat moet toch wel een remfactor zijn lijkt mij.

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19 Oktober 2005 10:11
Orkaan Wilma nu zwaarste categorie

MIAMI De orkaan Wilma is uitgegroeid tot een orkaan van de vijfde categorie. De verwachting is dat Wilma langs Cuba en Mexico zal trekken en dan koers zet naar Florida. Verwacht wordt dat de orkaan daar zaterdag aan land komt.

In Haïti zijn zeker 10 mensen omgekomen door modderstromen die het gevolg waren van hevige regenval. Ook Nicaragua en Honduras worden bedreigd. Nicaragua had eerder al zwaar te lijden onder Stan.

Wilma is de twaalfde orkaan van dit jaar. Daarmee is het record geëvenaard van 1969 toen het Caribisch gebied ook door zoveel orkanen werd getroffen. Het orkaanseizoen duurt nog zo'n zes weken.

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Hurricane Wilma has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane, with sustained maximum winds of 175 mph, the National Hurricane Center said today. The hurricane's minimum pressure is 892 millibars -- the lowest pressure observed in 2005. Forecasters warn that the storm could slam into southwestern Florida by this weekend.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 11:26 schreef Againzender het volgende:
Wat blijven die dingen toch lastig te voorspellen....

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 11:37 schreef Drugshond het volgende:

[..]

Toen ik aan dit topic begon : Wilma was toen net een tropische depressie had ik wel verwacht dat Wilma een Cat 3 zou worden (met een mogelijk gevaar voor de Amerikaanse kust). Maar zo snel een Cat 5.. Nee dat had ik in mijn stoutste dromen niet kunnen voorspellen.

Ik denk dat de professionele voorspellers, ook zorgelijk naar de laatste ontwikkelingen kijken.
Want op dit moment gaan de ontwikkelingen in een hoog tempo verder. En alle analyses + waarschuwingen raken in een sneltreinvaart out of scope.

Het blijft een machtig fenomeen (van bruut natuur geweld).

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 11:58 schreef Moravec het volgende:
Check deze animatie, iemand enig idee wat die strepen zijn?

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 11:06 schreef maniack28 het volgende:
Iemand een link van de watertemperaturen aldaar? Ik kan ze niet vinden

Edit - Heb er al een:

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Klein stukje voor Florida met temps onder de 28, maar de rest dus boven.... Wilma zal groter en breeder worden en de druk zal misschien weer iets toenemen.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 13:02 schreef Stratos het volgende:
Valt op dat veel records gebroken zijn na 1980. Global warming..

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 13:12 schreef nummer_zoveel het volgende:
Schijnt dat je periode's hebt van 10 jaar die rustig zijn en dan weer 'drukke' jaren. Heeft toch met die warme golfstromingen te maken?

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IT JUST GOT WORSE- PERHAPS THE WORST IN RECORDED HISTORY

If you read my commentary last night, you saw where I said that I did not think this hurricane season could get any worse. Well, it certainly did just that. Wilma is now a category five- the THIRD of this hurricane season. The NHC reports that the air pressure is down to 884 millibars- which would be the lowest air pressure ever measured in an Atlantic hurricane. This would surpass monster hurricane Gilbert in 1988 which had an air pressure of 888 millibars. While all of this is simply extraordinary, it does not mean Wilma will be a category five at landfall. In fact, Wilma should weaken considerably from where it is now as it turns the corner out of the Caribbean and in to the Gulf of Mexico. The official forecast calls for Wilma to make landfall near Naples, FL as a possible category three hurricane. Preparations should resume today as time is going to run out before people know it. Keep in mind too that ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA could be at risk for hurricane force winds as Wilma races through. The right-front quadrant in this case will be the southeast quadrant- and all of south Florida would likely be in the southeast quadrant. Later this evening, my colleague Mike Watkins will upload a great video presentation explaining a lot about Wilma and the projected forecast track. This video will be online around 7pm ET. I am about to leave for Naples, FL and will be working with the Collier Co. Emergency Management folks. I will post updates as often as possible here and will broadcast the mission LIVE at our new subscriber site, HurricaneLiveNet.com. My next update will be near 11am ET

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 13:30 schreef IkWilbert het volgende:
Er is dit jaar geen El-Nino, daar ligt het dus niet aan. Er is gewoon een bepaalde tijd dat er meer orkanen dan anders zijn. Dit is altijd al zo geweest en heeft weinig tot niets met global warming te maken.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 14:52 schreef Steijn het volgende:
En dit allemaal in 1 nacht/ochtend. Verassend hoor.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 15:00 schreef Stratos het volgende:
Niet verassend, zo zijn orkanen Rita en Katrina ook binnen een dag tot een monster gegroeid in die zelfde regio. De warme Caraibische zee (enkele graden boven normaal) en de Golf van Mexico (ook enkele graden boven normaal)...zijn een soort "steroids" geworden voor orkanen dit seizoen.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 15:00 schreef Stratos het volgende:
Dit komt door koudere zeewater in de Atlantische Oceaan en Caribische Zee (enkele graden beneden normaal) en de aanwezigheid van veel meer sterke winden in de bovenste luchtlagen die wolken formatie afbreekt. Er heerst dan ook grote droogte in de Caribische gebied

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MIAMI De orkaan Wilma is de sterkste
orkaan die ooit in het Caribisch gebied
is gemeten.Dat meldt het orkanencentrum
in de VS.In het oog van de orkaan is de
luchtdruk gedaald tot 882 millibar.Tot
dusver was Gilbert in 1988 de zwaarste.

Het afgelopen etmaal is Wilma snel in
kracht toegenomen.De orkaan trekt langs
Cuba en het schiereiland Yucatan en
bereikt komende zaterdag Florida.Dan
zal de kracht wel iets zijn afgenomen.
In Haïti heeft Wilma 10 levens geëist.

Wilma is de twaalfde orkaan van dit
jaar.Daarmee is het record geëvenaard
van 1969 toen het Caribisch gebied ook
door zoveel orkanen werd getroffen.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 15:28 schreef logisnack het volgende:
Sterkste ooit.
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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 16:33 schreef Againzender het volgende:
Sterkste boven de Carribean idd, en niet zoals op het nieuws werd gegild de sterkste ooit op aarde.
Er zijn wel een paar typhoons geweest die nog sterker waren dan Wilma.

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UPDATED: 11:00 AM EDT, October 19, 2005
WILMA THE MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD- FORECAST LOOKS VERY BAD

You have no doubt heard the news. Wilma is a powerful category five hurricane with an air pressure lower than ever before measured in an Atlantic hurricane. The NHC is forecasting Wilma to remain a category five for about another 24 hours or so and then it should weaken once over the cooler waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This, combined with stronger upper level winds should weaken Wilma down to a category three for landfall- we can only hope.

Right now preparations should be well under way. People in Florida know the routine- but this hurricane is not routine (it is for this season). I will say it again, time is on your side now- but the window will close quickly once Wilma makes the turn and heads east. Conditions will deteriorate rapidly as the hurricane speeds up and heads towards Florida. Remember- this will be a hurricane that affects people all across south Florida. Initial landfall will be along the SW coast, but people in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach and surrounding areas will have to deal with this hurricane. Put your plans in to action now and be ready. For great local information, check out the NWS website for your area- the link is below.

I am currently in South Carolina heading towards Florida. I will be in Port Charlotte tonight and Naples tomorrow. I will be working with two other crew members to provide the best reports on conditions and meteorological data that we can. All along the mission, I will post updates and eventually video reports from the affected areas. Stay tuned- it looks like Wilma will close out the season with quite an exclamation point. More here around 5pm ET

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If the current track holds, Wilma could be "Irene on steroids," said Tony Carper, Broward County's emergency management director, referring to Hurricane Irene, which in October 1999 left widespread flooding in South Florida.

"I don't think there's going to be quite as much rain as there was with Irene, but the winds are going to be stronger," he said. "It's almost the same track as Irene."

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The projected path could change, but computer-forecast models are in general agreement that South Florida is in for a rough weekend. The reason: A cold front, descending southeast across the country, is expected to force Wilma to make that sharp right turn.

If the turn is delayed and Wilma hits farther north, South Florida's weather would be less severe. A more remote possibility: The turn could be made soon enough to keep the system south of the state.

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Bron : CNN.com

Hurricane center: Deadly Wilma eyeing Florida
Category 5 storm prompts Keys evacuation


Jim Cox measures plywood to cover the windows of his realty business Wednesday in Islamorada, Florida.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005; Posted: 5:37 p.m. EDT (21:37 GMT)
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- If Hurricane Wilma hits Florida this weekend as predicted, it could result in many deaths and a tremendous storm surge, the nation's chief hurricane forecaster said Wednesday.

Officials ordered nonresidents in the Florida Keys to evacuate in advance of the storm -- which as of 5 p.m. ET was a dangerous Category 5 hurricane off Mexico.

"We had well over a thousand lives lost in Katrina," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

"If Wilma comes into the Florida coast as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, that potential for large loss of life is with us here with this hurricane."

Forecasters said the storm -- with 160 mph (260 kph) sustained winds -- registered the lowest-recorded barometric pressure of any Atlantic basin hurricane -- an indication of its intensity. (Watch Mayfield's warning about Hurricane Wilma -- 3:19)

The hurricane center reported Wilma's barometric pressure Wednesday at 882 millibars -- below the 1988 record of 888 millibars set by Hurricane Gilbert. Storms with low barometric pressure are typically more intense.

A hurricane warning was in effect from San Felipe to Tulum on the Yucatan Peninsula, including Cozumel, the hurricane center said.

The head of Haiti's civil protection agency, Maria Alta Jean-Baptiste, told The Associated Press the storm's outer bands caused flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people since Monday and forced at least 2,000 families from their homes.

"The situation is not catastrophic, but if the rains pick up, it could become very difficult for some people," Jean-Baptiste told AP.

As a tropical depression, Wilma already had been blamed for one death in Jamaica on Sunday, AP reported.

Forecasters said southwest Florida could start feeling the effects of Wilma on Saturday.

"I will assure you that if this one makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida, there will be a tremendous storm surge," Mayfield said.

"And if it's a Category 4, we could easily have 15 to 20 feet near and south of where the center crosses the coast with up to even 25 feet up into the bays and the rivers."
Floridians stock up

Projections for Wilma's path suggest the storm may skirt the western tip of Cuba on Friday, possibly as a Category 4 storm with winds of greater than 130 mph, before curving eastward and heading toward the southwestern Florida coast.

In his 5 p.m. update, Mayfield emphasized the uncertainty in Wilma's long-term forecast, saying computer models had become more divergent over the course of the day.

In southwest Florida, residents stocked up on supplies. "I think since Katrina, everyone is more apprehensive about the situation as far as hurricanes go," Pat Schmidt, 74, told the AP while shopping at a Port Charlotte store.

Andrea Yerger, 48, of Port Charlotte, was buying material to protect her house in advance of Wilma. "People have learned their lesson and know better how to prepare," she told AP. "We're not waiting till the last minute anymore." (Full story)

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday the state will order evacuations in the coming days and has already begun to pre-stage relief supplies, such as ice and water.

Monroe County officials Wednesday ordered tourists to leave the Florida Keys beginning at noon, closed state parks and lifted the toll on the bridge that connects the Keys with mainland Florida.

Wilma strengthened on Wednesday within a matter of a few hours -- at 1 a.m. ET, the hurricane center reported the storm had 150 mph winds, taking it from a Category 2 to a Category 4. Just 90 minutes later, the center reported Wilma had maximum sustained winds of 175 mph and higher gusts.

As of 5 p.m. ET, the center of the storm was about 285 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. It was wobbling generally toward the west-northwest at nearly 7 mph and is expected to turn to the northwest during the next 24 hours, the hurricane center said.

Hurricane-force winds extended outward about 60 miles from the eye, and tropical-storm-force winds stretched up to 230 miles from the center.

Wilma is the third Category 5 storm this year, preceded by Hurricane Katrina, which killed a confirmed 1,250 people when it slammed into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as a Category 4 storm on August 29, and Hurricane Rita, which hit Louisiana and Texas on September 24 as a Category 3. Nine deaths have been blamed on Rita.

Cuban hurricane watch
Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Matanzas westward through Pinar del Rio and for the Isle of Youth, according to the hurricane center.

A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions, including winds of at least 74 mph, are possible within 36 hours. (Caribbean braces)

Cuban authorities have already evacuated residents in the eastern part of the country after the outer bands of Wilma dumped heavy rain as it passed south of the island.

The hurricane center said Cuba could get anywhere from 10 to 15 inches of rain from Wilma, with some areas getting socked with as much as 25 inches.

A stretch of the Honduran coast is under a tropical storm warning from the Nicaraguan border to Cabo Camaron -- as is Belize from the Mexican border to Belize City.

Additional rainfall accumulations of up to 10 inches, with up to 15 inches possible in some areas, are possible across the Cayman Islands and Jamaica through Thursday.

Pentagon prepares
Pentagon officials said Wednesday the Navy has placed three ships on standby to be called to duty if Wilma makes landfall in the United States.

In addition, officials said, Homestead Air Reserve Base, south of Miami, has been designated as a mobilization center for aid and equipment to be collected and distributed to the affected areas.

A defense coordination officer has been dispatched by the Pentagon to Tallahassee, the state capital, to work with state officials on coordination with the military if Wilma hits Florida.

The officials said the storm was still too far out to make any immediate plans or to evacuate bases. The closest military base to the storm, as of Wednesday, is Naval Air Station Key West, which has not yet been ordered to evacuate.

CNN's Chad Myers contributed to this report.

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Bron : Nu.nl
Mogelijk 250.000 Cubanen geëvacueerd voor komst Wilma

Uitgegeven: 19 oktober 2005 22:16
Laatst gewijzigd: 19 oktober 2005 23:51
HAVANA - Cuba bereidt de evacuatie voor van mogelijk meer dan 250.000 mensen uit de gebieden die worden bedreigd door de zeer gevaarlijke orkaan Wilma. Dat meldden de autoriteiten woensdag. Eerder waren op het Caribische eiland al ongeveer 9000 mensen in veiligheid gebracht.

Orkaan Wilma

De orkaan heeft geleid tot zware overstromingen in het oosten van Cuba, en bedreigt nu de westkust en het gebied rond de hoofdstad Havana met zware slagregens. Volgens de meteorlogische dienst op het communistische eiland is het niet waarschijnlijk dat de orkaan, die op volle zee windstoten van boven de 300 kilometer per uur veroorzaakt, het vasteland van Cuba zal raken.

Mexico

De Mexicaanse autoriteiten hebben woensdag opdracht gegeven voor de evacuatie van circa 33.000 toeristen uit Cancun, de eilanden Isla Mujeres en Holbox, en Punta Allen.

Alle hotelgasten in de betreffende plaatsen is verzocht huiswaarts te keren. De zware orkaan Wilma trekt naar verwachting de komende 24 uur tussen het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatan en Cuba door.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 20:18 schreef Hertog_Martin het volgende:
...WILMA WEAKENS SLIGHTLY...

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UPDATED: 10:50 PM EDT, October 19, 2005
HURRICANE WILMA NOW "BACK" TO CAT-4 BUT FORECAST TO REGAIN CAT-5 INTENSITY

The NHC shows that Wilma is now around 155 mph- a category four hurricane- just barely. While this is good news, it is forecast to regain intensity and become a category five again tomorrow. This means that people along the Yucatan Peninsula need to be ready in case the extremely dangerous core of Wilma makes landfall there. Appropriate warnings have been posted for Mexico. As for Florida, the forecast has not changed much- Wilma is expected to make landfall perhaps on Sunday and then race off in to the Atlantic. There are some indications that Wilma could affect New England- but the NHC does not idicate this on their 11pm advisory. The slower overall motion of Wilma buys the people of south Florida more time- but I hope people do not relax and think the danger is less- it is still very real and Wilma needs to be taken seriously.

I am in Orlando, FL tonight and will head south from here tomorrow. I am working with James Lewis and Mike Watkins on this mission and plan to have multiple updates throughout the mission from where Wilma makes landfall. I will have continuing coverage here tomorrow morning with much more throughout the day tomorrow.

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Op woensdag 19 oktober 2005 12:32 schreef Moravec het volgende:
Kijk Ophelia had er ook "last" van, dit is toch wel de meest aparte storing die er is!

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Niets van aantrekken mensen er valt hier niets te zien, zet je oogkleppen maar weer op...

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 13:40 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:
http://www.enterprisemission.com/weblog/weblog.htm


Manmade storms ...

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 13:57 schreef Againzender het volgende:

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Sorry hoor, maar dat lijkt mij meer iets voor TRU....

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One important note: since we first called world-wide attention to these MIMIC microwave radiometry images in an earlier "Captain's Blog," the University of Wisconsin site has added a major "disclaimer" to all its posted MIMIC imagery. The new clam is that we are "only seeing imaging anomalies" -- created by the computer imaging process which creates these MIMIC imaging products themselves.

To which I have an obvious question:

If this is truly the case -- if we are seeing in these striking geometric patterns only "computer glitches" in the data -- why was this crucial "technical disclaimer" ONLY added to the MIMIC site AFTER we called attention here to the striking "geometric signatures" appearing on certain hurricane images within the archive!?

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 14:34 schreef francorex het volgende:

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Sorry hoor , maar dat lijk mij meer iets om in de gaten te houden...

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 14:38 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:

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Thank you...


Tegenwoordig wordt alles wat niet direct verklaarbaar is naar TRU geschopt. terwijl dit toch HEEL ECHT is. En zeker een onderzoek waard is.

Ik heb dit ook aan Meteo Consult doorgemaild, dus ik ben benieuwd wat hun daarover te zeggen hebben.

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Ik heb dit ook aan Meteo Consult doorgemaild, dus ik ben benieuwd wat hun daarover te zeggen hebben.

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 14:46 schreef francorex het volgende:

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No problemo je had nl. een goed punt.

Je kunt meer vinden in het topic: conspiracy rondom Katrina

En natuurlijk meer in de weblog van R. C. Hoagland

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En natuurlijk laat ik het hier even weten wat Meteo Consult te vertellen heeft hierover

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 15:14 schreef Zemi77 het volgende:
Ik heb heel even het artikel gescanned wat je gelinkt had. Maar wil je nu beweren dat orkanen gestuurd/ gemaakt worden door terroristen?

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 14:34 schreef francorex het volgende:

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Maar je hebt wel gelijk dat dit niet het ideale topic is.

Het verdiend een eigen topic.

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UPDATED: 7:55 AM EDT, October 20, 2005
NO EASY ANSWERS RIGHT NOW

What once looked like a fairly easy forecast for Wilma has now become much more complex. The global computer models all seem to agree that Wilma will be a slow moving hurricane for another day or two and then take off to the northeast or east-northeast. This timing is what could make all the difference on intensity. Right now, the official forecast shows the hurricane impacting the northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula- as a dangerous hurricane. Then, after a slow crawl near the peninsula, Wilma is expected to finally start the move towards Florida. How soon this happens will have a great impact on how strong Wilma is when it gets to Florida. A long encounter with the Yucatan will likely mean a much weaker hurricane in Florida. Should Wilma turn north and then northeast before reaching the Yucatan, then it could be quite strong at the Florida landfall. So- the next two days really hold the key as to what will ultimately happen for people in Florida. Keep in mind too that people along the Yucatan are in danger from this powerful hurricane- and I hope preparations are being made. We will just need to keep a close eye on the hurricane to see what the global computer models resolve. One thing that might help is the inclusion of more weather data in to the new models that will run this morning. By early this afternoon, we might see an improvement in the model guidance- we shall see. I will post another update here around Noon ET.

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 20:22 schreef Xenwolfie het volgende:
Hoe laat komt hij nou in NL tijd aan land?

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 01:03 schreef Vogue het volgende:
In Cancun en Playa del Carmen gaat over een half uur het "straatverbod" in, aldus een daar wonende ex-collega die ik net sprak op MSN. Alles is dichtgetimmerd.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 08:53 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
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Wilma nears Yucatan

Alle gebouwen op deze foto krijgen een flinke klap te verwerken > Katrina

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 09:24 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
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Flink oog trouwens.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 09:32 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
Ik vermoed dat dit een eye-replacement cylcle is, waarbij de orkaan weer in kracht zal toenemen.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 09:53 schreef Mwanatabu het volgende:
Wat is dat?

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"Concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycle" ) naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones , i.e. major hurricanes (winds > 50 m/s, 100 kt, 115 mph) or Catories 3, 4, and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. As tropical cyclones reach this threshold of intensity, they usually - but not always - have an eyewall and radius of maximum winds that contract to a very small size, around 10 to 25 km [5 to 15 mi]. At this point, some of the outer rainbands may organize into an outer ring of thunderstorms that slowly moves inward and robs the inner eyewall of its needed moisture and momentum. During this phase, the tropical cyclone is weakening (i.e. the maximum winds die off a bit and the central pressure goes up). Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger. A concentric eyewall cycle occurred in Hurricane Andrew (1992) before landfall near Miami: a strong intensity was reached, an outer eyewall formed, this contracted in concert with a pronounced weakening of the storm, and as the outer eyewall completely replaced the original one the hurricane reintensified. Another example is Hurricane Allen (1980) which went through repeated eyewall replacement cycles -- going from Categrory 5 to Category 3 status several times. To learn more about concentric eyewall cycles, read Willoughby et al. (1982) and Willoughby (1990a).

It was the discovery of concentric eyewall cycles that was prtially responsible for the end of the U.S. Governements's hurricane modification experiment Project STORMFURY, since what the scientists had hoped to produce through seeding was happening frequently as a natural part of hurricane dynamics.

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Op donderdag 20 oktober 2005 15:07 schreef francorex het volgende:

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Prima hou ik zeker in de gaten !

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 09:57 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 11:00 schreef ondersoeker het volgende:
Wilma komt misschien hier onrust trappen:

"Deze run ziet er anders uit dan de vorige 12 uur en de afgelopen 00 run. Dit heeft te maken met de orkaan Wilma. In de vorige bespreking (gister) van het model is dit fenomeen niet in de beschouwingen meegenomen omdat het niet voor onze omgeving van belang was. Nu laat de Oper de restanten van Wilma snel over de oceaan richting noordwest Europa trekken (het komt zaterdag boven onze omgeving aan). Het model heeft ongetwijfeld problemen met de warmte die hier uitstroomt.
In eerste instantie vult de ex-orkaan iets op, maar tegen de tijd dat het in ons aandachtsgebied komt is het opnieuw uitgediept tot onder 950 hPa. Hier vooruit ontstaat nog een andere diepe depressie die donderdag al voor ons van belang kan zijn. Ook deze is als het bij ons aankomt uitgediept tot onder 950 hPa. Beide zouden hiermee voor orkaankracht gaan zorgen.Gelukkig laten de overige members een veel rustiger beeld zien"

bron:http://www.knmi.nl/waarschuwingen_en_verwachtingen/extra/guidance_ecmwf.php

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 08:53 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
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Wilma nears Yucatan

Alle gebouwen op deze foto krijgen een flinke klap te verwerken > Katrina

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 11:06 schreef Drugshond het volgende:

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Hier geloof er niks van.... het kan wel 2 weken duren voordat die orkaan hier is. En dan is dat ding allang opgelost. Waarschijnlijk een oude voorspelling (van eergisteren) waarbij er nog van werd uitgegaan van een grote horizontale snelheid.

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Bron : CNN
Hurricane Wilma lashing the Yucatan
Category 4 storm also threatens Cuba, Florida

Hurricane Wilma's outer bands are slamming the Yucatan in this satellite image taken Friday at 1:15 a.m. ET.

Friday, October 21, 2005; Posted: 4:28 a.m. EDT (08:28 GMT)
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Deadly Hurricane Wilma was pounding Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Friday, with the popular tourist cities of Cozumel and Cancun directly in the storm's path.

The Category 4 hurricane's outer bands began lashing the tourist hotspots late Thursday, and the winds will get stronger as the center of the storm moves closer.

As of 2 a.m. ET, the hurricane's top winds were 150 mph, with higher gusts.

By the time the outer wall of its eye reaches the Yucatan shoreline, the hurricane could strengthen into a Category 5, with winds greater than 155 mph, forecasters said. (Watch the latest on Wilma -- 1:58)

From the Yucatan, Wilma was expected to travel to Cuba, then to either the Florida Keys or southwest Florida -- maybe near Marco Island or as far north as Sarasota, said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami

Mayfield predicted the "very dangerous" storm would reach Florida late Sunday or early Monday. (Watch preparations in Florida -- 1:37)

"On the forecast track, the core of Wilma will be very near Cozumel and the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula by midday today," the hurricane center said early Friday. "However, Wilma has a large circulation and hurricane conditions will be felt well before the arrival of the center."

Early Friday, data from Cuba indicated that 20-foot waves were pounding portions of the southern coast of Cuba's Isle of Youth, the center said.

As of late Thursday, forecasters reported that a buoy in the eastern Gulf of Mexico was indicating large swells generated by Wilma. "These swells will likely affect portions of the northern Gulf Coast on Friday," the center said.
Stranded in Mexico

New Jersey resident Michael Attardi and his father-in-law were among dozens of Americans stranded Thursday on the island of Cozumel after airlines canceled flights, Attardi said. They went there to scuba dive. He said when they learned Tuesday about the impending storm, they arranged to leave Mexico at noon Thursday. Ferries also had stopped running, he said.

Attardi said 54 other U.S. citizens, including three small children, planned to seek haven in hotel room bathrooms when Wilma hits, in case windows shatter.

The Americans bought food and water before a 3 p.m. curfew, he said.

Cuban authorities were evacuating 500,000 residents from its westernmost provinces in anticipation of heavy rain and the possibility of mudslides. (See video on Cuba's preparedness -- 2:09)

By Thursday afternoon, more than 222,000 residents had left their homes, many of which are in dire condition after Hurricanes Dennis and Rita hit Cuba this year, officials said.

It is unlikely that Wilma will turn farther eastward and miss Florida, Mayfield said. But like all storms, this one is somewhat unpredictable, Mayfield added.

"That's a little bit like the stock market. Past performance is no guarantee of future results," he said.

Despite some inconsistencies in predictions, "all of the data suggests that eventually it's going to turn up towards the northeast and come over the south Florida Keys."

"Even a Category 2 or a Category 1 hurricane hitting the Florida Keys or the southwest coast of Florida can have big consequences there," Mayfield said.
Florida speeds preparations

Earlier Thursday, storm-weary Florida residents were warned to prepare for Wilma, the seventh hurricane to hit the state in 14 months. (Full story)

"It's too early to specify how strong Wilma will be once it reaches our coast, but Floridians south of the I-4 (Interstate 4) corridor and in the Keys should prepare for the possibility of a major hurricane making landfall late in the weekend," Gov. Jeb Bush said.

The Florida governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday night, hours after announcing that his state had begun evacuating tourists from the Keys and positioning relief supplies and equipment across the state.

Everyone in the Florida Keys will be under mandatory evacuation orders on Friday. Evacuees from the Keys have been directed to a shelter at Florida International University in Miami, which was opened Thursday. Those not staying there were asked to seek shelter north of Orlando.

To speed the evacuation, authorities locked down all drawbridges and suspended the tolls on the Card Sound Bridge, which connects mainland Florida with Key Largo. Schools and county offices in the Keys will be closed Friday for a second day.
FEMA chief: 'We are ready'

David Paulison, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, detailed how the agency -- blamed for acting too slowly in August after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast -- is preparing for Wilma.

"By tomorrow afternoon, we will have delivered 150 truckloads of ice, 150 truckloads of water, 30 truckloads of MREs (meals ready to eat) and also the Red Cross is delivering heater meals there to the state of Florida to make sure we are ready for any type of catastrophe," he said. The latter reference is to meals that warm when their packaging is opened.

Paulison took over for Michael Brown, who resigned last month amid accusations that his agency acted too slowly after Katrina hammered Louisiana and Mississippi, killing more than 1,000 people.

Residents of Punta Gorda are hoping that, if Wilma strikes Charlotte County, the storm will not undo the repairs undertaken after August 2004, when Hurricane Charley pounded the region. Contractors repairing a condominium complex put tarpaulins over drywall, doors and kitchen cabinets awaiting installation.
Some choosing to stay put

Several Punta Gorda residents said they had no immediate plans to leave.

"Me and my wife, we are very prepared ... and we are planning on staying," Harold Clemens said. "We rode Charley out, and we're not going to leave unless things get too bad."

Sarah Borden said she would ride out the hurricane in her house.

"It's so hard to know because, if you rush off now and it may not come, you've wasted all that time, and then, even if you go, you worry about people who are left behind and your house," she said. "So we will stay."

In Lee County to the south, schools will be closed, and county officials could order evacuations on Friday.

Collier County emergency officials planned to mandate evacuations for residents of low-lying areas west and south of U.S. 41 and Tamiami Trail, including Marco Island. Shelters in Collier County are to open at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Officials postponed Saturday's game in Miami between the University of Miami Hurricanes and Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets. Also, the Miami Dolphins-Kansas City Chiefs Sunday game was moved up to Friday.

It is the third time since the start of the 2004 NFL season that the Dolphins have rescheduled a home game due to the threat of a hurricane.

CNN's Allan Chernoff, Dave Hennen and Lucia Newman contributed to this report.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 11:06 schreef Drugshond het volgende:

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Hier geloof er niks van.... het kan wel 2 weken duren voordat die orkaan hier is. En dan is dat ding allang opgelost. Waarschijnlijk een oude voorspelling (van eergisteren) waarbij er nog van werd uitgegaan van een grote horizontale snelheid.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 14:28 schreef Ruudje het volgende:
hmm.. krijg er een akelig gevoel bij, vrienden van mij zijn nu daar.. kreeg gisteren al een bericht dat ze zich moesten klaar maken voor evacuatie. Vannacht nog eentje dat ze nu in de kelder van het hotel zitten. Ze zitten op dit moment precies aan de kust. Heb net nog een bericht gestuurd maar nog niets gehoord.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 09:57 schreef DonGorgon het volgende:

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Niet echt het antwoord waar ik op zat te wachten

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 19:13 schreef Ruudje het volgende:
iemand een idee waar ik beelden kan vinden over hoe de orkaan zich in de komende uren gaat ontwikkelen.... want op dit moment begint het water binnen te lopen in de keders..

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 22:40 schreef Bayswater het volgende:
Eilandje van Cazumel zit precies in het oog, neem aan dat iedereen daar weg is.

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Op vrijdag 21 oktober 2005 11:06 schreef Drugshond het volgende:

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Hier geloof er niks van.... het kan wel 2 weken duren voordat die orkaan hier is. En dan is dat ding allang opgelost. Waarschijnlijk een oude voorspelling (van eergisteren) waarbij er nog van werd uitgegaan van een grote horizontale snelheid.

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Op zaterdag 22 oktober 2005 23:09 schreef Xenwolfie het volgende:
Nog iets nieuws gehoord over de orkaan?

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Op zaterdag 22 oktober 2005 23:54 schreef SpeedyGJ het volgende:
En Alpha is er nu ook!

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Op zondag 23 oktober 2005 00:03 schreef SpeedyGJ het volgende:
Maar nu issie toch echt Aplha geworden

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Op zondag 23 oktober 2005 00:34 schreef Xenwolfie het volgende:
Wat houd dat in, dat een storm Alpha word?

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Drie doden in Mexico door Wilma

De orkaan Wilma, die nog steeds huishoudt op het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatán, heeft zeker drie levens geëist. Twee van de doden vielen in de zwaar getroffen badplaats Playa del Carmen. Ook de toeristenplaats Cancún wordt geteisterd door Wilma, net als de eilanden Cozumel en Isla Mujeres.
In heel Yucatán zijn ruim 70.000 bewoners en toeristen geëvacueerd. Volgens de plaatselijke autoriteiten is het de gevaarlijkste orkaan die Mexico ooit heeft getroffen. De hoeveelheid regen die is gevallen is enorm, op sommige plaatsen staat het water meters hoog.
Yucatán is voorlopig nog niet van Wilma af; de orkaan - inmiddels afgezwakt tot de tweede categorie - beweegt zich maar heel langzaam voort. Na Yucatán zet de storm koers naar Cuba en Florida.

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Busy October Forecasted

The forecasters expect three named tropical storms, two hurricanes, one major hurricaneduring October. The prediction covers the Atlantic Basin, including the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Op zondag 23 oktober 2005 16:34 schreef Eveli het volgende:
Ik dnek dat er nog wel wat komt in november maar niet echt meer iets groots zoals Wilma. Wat ik me nou afvraag he....verwoestende, dodelijk orkaannamen zoals Andrew en Katrina zullen niet meer gebruikt worden maar namen als Wilma en Rita dan? Die waren niet echt dodelijk maar wel behoorlijk verwoestend.

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2005 10:29 schreef maniack28 het volgende:
Volgens CNN is maar 20% geevacueerd Eigen schuld, dikke bult als het dan fout gaat...

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2005 10:40 schreef Againzender het volgende:

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Tja, we zullen zien. Je kan als staat wel roepen dat iedereen beter weg kan gaan, maar als mensen niet willen... na Katrina zou je verwachten dat men wat sneller zou willen vertrekken.

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2005 13:16 schreef beebje het volgende:
Op cnn is er weer een live verslag te volgen.

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2005 11:32 schreef MartijnA3 het volgende:
Ach, vorig jaar hebben zo Frances toch ook gehad....2 of 3 doden toen?

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...WILMA RESTRENGTHENS TO CATEGORY 3 OVER THE GULF STREAM...

AT ABOUT 120 PM EDT...AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE WILMA WERE NEAR 115
MPH...IN A SMALL REGION SOUTH OF THE CENTER OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
AND THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.

A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY APPROXIMATELY 230 PM EDT...
PRIMARILY TO REVISE THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITY.

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Including the damage done to Mexico, Wilma will probably be the second most costly hurricane of all time, next to Katrina.

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Wilma geselt boulevard Havana

HAVANA, 24 OKT. Enorme golven beuken op de Malecón, de boulevard van de Cubaanse hoofdstad Havana. De orkaan Wilma trok het afgelopen weekeinde een spoor van vernieling op Cuba en op het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatán.

De orkaan, met kracht drie op de schaal Saffir-Simpson, stevent nu af op de Amerikaanse staat Florida. Wilma heeft het leven gekost aan zeker 21 mensen. In Mexico vielen drie doden toen een gastank explodeerde. Op Cuba kwamen vier mensen, onder wie een Nederlander, om het leven door een ongeluk met de bus waarmee ze werden geëvacueerd. Op Haïti en Jamaica vielen eerder dertien doden.

De orkaan zorgde vooral voor veel materiële schade. Intussen heeft zich een nieuwe tropische storm in het Caraïbisch gebied aangediend: Alpha.

24 oktober 2005

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STATE COLLEGE, PA (AccuWeather.com) -- AccuWeather.com meteorologists say Hurricane Wilma and the remnants of Tropical Storm Alpha will be drawn north along the Atlantic coast. By Tuesday they will be absorbed into a large low pressure system that will develop off the Virginia Capes, forming a "super-storm" that is expected to bring wind, rain, snow and flooding to the Northeast.

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Op dinsdag 25 oktober 2005 10:21 schreef Drugshond het volgende:

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Vraag me alleen af, wat de definitie van een super-storm is. ?

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Op dinsdag 25 oktober 2005 10:22 schreef maniack28 het volgende:

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Gewoon een zware storm, orkaan wordt het niet.... maar het valt allemaal wel mee, Wilma zal zeer snel afnemen in kracht zodra ze boven kouder water komt.

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Wellicht doen de restanten van ex-hurricane Wilma, die later deze week onderdeel worden van de Oceaandepressies, daar nog een schepje bovenop zodat we enkele dagen achtereen kunnen profiteren van wind uit het zuiden.