Awesome Wilma Loop

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Awesome Wilma Loop

#1 Postby Valkhorn » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:24 am

I just found this awesome animated GIF loop of Wilma at peak intensity.

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/products/sa ... 019_ir.gif

It's a fairly large file so be prepared. However it really shows just how cold those cloud tops got.
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#2 Postby SouthFloridawx » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:22 am

pretty cool thanks!
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#3 Postby O Town » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:33 am

We have bee tracking this invests trying to find a LLC and what not. Kinda forget what a monster really looks like. Cool loop, thanks for sharing.
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#4 Postby Kennethb » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:00 am

If I recall the eye was down to 2 miles wide, like a large tornado. After looking at the loop, the eye moved more like a tornado than an eye.
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#5 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:46 am

I have that loop, it amazes me every time.
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#6 Postby Cyclenall » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:53 pm

If you have dial-up, you may want to think about downloading this one. Thankfully, I have high speed internet but it still took some time!! The file size is 24 MB!!

Thanks, I have not seen that before. Very cool.
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#7 Postby WhirlWind » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:39 pm

Thanks that is very cool, and a very good reminder to all of us...
Stay Safe this season everyone
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#8 Postby Tstormwatcher » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:27 pm

Thats amazing with all of the small loops the eye made. Great find.
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#9 Postby mvtrucking » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:50 pm

Very powerful. Thanks for posting
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#10 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:38 pm

this may be a stupid question but was Wilma at her strongest at the beginning of the loop? The cloud tops had some blacks and whites <!> in them at the beginning then warmed up during the day. She maintained the pinhole eye the whole time but was she strongest when the blacks and whites were present? Again excuse the newb! :)
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#11 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:09 pm

yes she was the strongest at the start of the loop
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#12 Postby vaffie » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:24 pm

Wilma was amazing! I still am amazed at her. The speed by which she became so powerful and her pressure so low, and then how big her eye evolved into. Both the east and west coasts of Florida under the eye at the same time! Sheesh. Actually, all three of last year's big storms--Katrina, Rita and Wilma--were amazing in their own different ways. One thing they all had in common was the speed by which they catapulted to Category 5 status, literally in an afternoon.
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