Best Track Data (HURDAT2) Atlantic hurricane. "If it goes through the Yucatan Channel, there won't be much to weaken it," Mayfield said. The National Hurricane Centers Tropical Cyclone Reports (formerly called Preliminary Reports) contain comprehensive information on each storm, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities). The storm was forecast to then turn sharply in the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida over the weekend.Ĭonditions such as warm water and favorable atmospheric winds are in place for Wilma to strengthen, possibly into a major hurricane with winds above 177 kph.
Monday, placing the storm closer to western Cuba than the Yucatan on Friday. That many hurricanes formed in 1969, the most since record keeping began in 1851.įorecasters said Wilma could grow into a minimal Category 1 hurricane by Tuesday afternoon.Ĭomputer models initially showed Wilma heading for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula by Friday, but the forecast track based on the models shifted east by 11 p.m. It could strengthen into the year's 12th hurricane by Tuesday. Hurricane Wilma was the last Category 5 of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season and became the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Wilma became the Atlantic hurricane season's 21st named storm before dawn Monday, tying the record set in 1933 and exhausting the list of storm names. However, when Wilma shot from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane on the morning.
When Wilma became a hurricane on October 18, it tied the record dating back to 1969 for the most hurricanes in a season. NOTE! Consider delaying until first div on pageĪuthorities urged residents to be on alert as Tropical Storm Wilma's outer edge neared the Cayman Islands, packing strong rain and wind as it cut a path that could threaten Cuba and Florida. When Wilma became a named tropical storm on October 17, 2005, it tied a record dating back to 1933 for the most named storms in a season.
If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.pubads()) (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) Tropical Storm Wilma gains force in Gulf of Mexico - The Jerusalem Post Description: This map created by FCIT shows the track of hurricane Wilma in 2005. Hurricane Wilmas track across the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and south Florida.
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