Hurricane Watch: Wilma

[bkdelong]

Dr. Jeff from Weather Underground has pointed out that Wilma is the strongest hurricane on record at 884mb. It bested 1988's Gilbert at 888mb. I don't know how it happened, but it jumped from a Cat 1 at 21:00GMT yesterday to a bloody Cat 5 at 09:00 GMT this morning. Unbelievable. Current models? Send it right through the Keys and South Florida after bouncing off Quintana Roo/Cancun/Cozumel. At the moment, it is looking like it may be a Cat 4 by then but it's still way too early to tell. Let's see when it passes into the Gulf between Cuba and Mexico.

Be safe!

Comments

[prettyannamoon.livejournal.com]

Whoa. 0.0 Thanks for the links, B.K. Looks like my father's work schedule won't be changing anytime soon.

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Hey - what does he do for the agency? I'd be interested in chatting with him. I'm starting to make the Red Cross realize how helpful I'd be with logistics and there's a few data sets I'd love to get from them from GIS to statistics.