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#3481 Postby TampaFl » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:06 am

k-man wrote:
CronkPSU wrote:all the models have it hitting north of where they had it yesterday (well maybe except UKMET, not sure where that was) none of them have it missing florida now

<img src="http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/archive/model/AL242005mlts.gif">


The GFDL looks almost exactly the same. Throw out the BAMMs, the LBAR and the A98E....she'll come in far south of us in Orlando. We'll have a rainy and windy Monday. This will be a non-event for us...



FXUS62 KMLB 221017
AFDMLB

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
620 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED GRIDS BASED ON LATEST TPC TRACK WHICH BRINGS
WILMA THROUGH EARLIER LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY. WILL BE UPDATING TEXT
PRODUCTS SHORTLY.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

...HIGH RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TOTALS...

...DIRECT IMPACT FROM HURRICANE WILMA POSSIBLE MONDAY
THEN TURNING
NOTICEABLY COOLER AND DRIER FROM TUESDAY ONWARD...


TODAY/TONIGHT...CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA IS OVER LAND IN THE
YUCATAN EARLY THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD MID/HIGH CLOUDINESS FROM
WILMA OVING ACROSS THE GULF/FL PENINSULA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC.
ONLY A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN/SPRINKLES MOVING ACROSS EC FL EARLY
THIS MORNING...BUT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAIN
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ATMOSPHERE IS ALREADY MOIST OVER
EC FL BUT PWATS WILL INCREASE FURTHER WITH MOISTURE PLUME FEEDING
OVER THE AREA IN STRENGTHENING S-SW FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN. FRONTAL
BOUNDARY PUSHING ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE/SE AL AND GA EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE THROUGH NRN PENINSULA THIS AFTN/EVE...AND APPROACH
NORTHERN FRINGES OF EC FL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY AND INCREASING LIFT FROM RR QUAD OF
U/L JET WILL HELP KEEP A HIGH COVERAGE OF PRECIP THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND HAVE INDICATED NMRS/LKLY COVERAGE ALL AREAS.
GREATEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED NORTHERN SECTIONS IN CLOSER
PROX TO THE BOUNDARY...BUT TRAINING ECHOES MAY BE PROBLEMATIC FOR
OTHER AREAS AS WELL. WILL ADDRESS UPCOMING HEAVY RAIN THREAT IN
MORNING HWO AND MAY NEED TO CONSIDER RAISING A FLOOD WATCH FOR AT
LEAST PARTS OF EC FL BY TONIGHT. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS ASSESS 12Z
MODEL RUNS AND TRENDS.

SUN...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE CWA BEFORE STALLING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL MOISTURE ADVANCING NORTHWARD WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF
RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER
WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE UPPER 70S ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES.
FARTHER SOUTH...PREFRONTAL WARM ADVECTION WILL STILL RESULT IN HIGHS
IN MID 80S. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY AS THE ADVANCING CYCLONE EXPLOITS THE INHERENT SHEAR ALONG
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

MON...GREATEST EFFECTS FROM WILMA WILL LIKELY BE FELT ON MONDAY.
LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONTINUES
TO TAKE WILMA QUICKLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA...IN THE
VICINITY OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST. GREATEST THREATS
APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS. CURRENT PATH BRINGS THE HIGHEST RISK FROM STRONG WINDS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES...BUT ALL OF ECFL MAY EXPERIENCE AT
LEAST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN A RELATIVELY BRIEF WINDOW OF 5
TO 7 HOURS.
TUE-FRI...SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL BUILD BEHIND
DEPARTING WILMA. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL INTO THU MORNING. THEN A WARMING TREND WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK UNDER CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...RATHER BENIGN BOATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE MON MORNING AS THE
CENTER OF THE CYCLONE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE AND APPROACHES THE
COASTAL WATERS. RAPIDLY DEPARTING WILMA WILL STILL GENERATE LARGE
SWELLS ALONG THE EAST COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK...PRODUCING AN ELEVATED
THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

&&

.AVIATION...CONDITIONS GENERALLY VFR WITH A FEW AREAS MVFR WITH
LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN A GRADUAL EXPANSION IN
COVERAGE/DURATIONS OF MVFR TO OCNLY IFR CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT AS
RAIN AREA INCREASES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DAB 84 71 77 70 / 60 70 70 70
MCO 85 71 79 70 / 60 70 70 80
MLB 84 73 83 74 / 70 70 70 80
VRB 84 74 85 76 / 70 70 70 70

&&

.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

$$

SHORT-TERM...GLITTO
LONG-TERM...HIRSCH
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#3482 Postby Brent » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:11 am

johngaltfla wrote:
k-man wrote:
CronkPSU wrote:all the models have it hitting north of where they had it yesterday (well maybe except UKMET, not sure where that was) none of them have it missing florida now


The GFDL looks almost exactly the same. Throw out the BAMMs, the LBAR and the A98E....she'll come in far south of us in Orlando. We'll have a rainy and windy Monday. This will be a non-event for us...


Uh, were you here for the 1993 No Name? That was not a "non-event"..... :eek:


I was about to say... LOL! That was a WICKED squall line for Florida(oh yeah and a blizzard for us :lol: )
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#3483 Postby k-man » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:17 am

no advance wrote:k man oh man! Non event. ???????


Yes, compared to Charley....this will be a non-event, at least here in Orlando. I read all the discussions this morning, Melbourne mentions that the risk of tornadoes will increase as the Cane approaches....we have tornado risks with all hurricanes. We have an increased tornado risk each spring with the on-set of Thunderstorm season too.

However, this is not Charley. This Cane is weakening as we speak and will not ramp up prior to landfall like Charley did. The gulf in August is a far more favorable environment for intensification than it is now. Wilma will be fighting strong shear as she makes her way across. She'll likely make landfall as a Cat one/Weak Cat two, far to our south (here in Orlando). Frances came much closer to us and took forever to get out of here....I think maybe we had a couple gusts that were hurricane strength, and that was it. Local mets in Orlando saying we'll have 5 hours of 30-40 mph sustained winds with gusts in the 50s.
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#3484 Postby Scorpion » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:18 am

Its moving pretty nicely to the north. Should be on water in 6 hours or less.
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#3485 Postby Myersgirl » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:18 am

Has she been picking up speed?
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#3486 Postby Brent » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:19 am

Myersgirl wrote:Has she been picking up speed?


Yes... slightly. She was not moving or just wandering aimlessly. She will accelerate more tomorrow and Early Monday as she approaches Florida.
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#3487 Postby Scorpion » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:25 am

I just saw that the NHC is predicting it will be a Cat 3 still when it reemerges into the water. Not quite sure about that, but if its a Cat 2 when it emerges then the impact on Florida will be quite bad.
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#3488 Postby TampaFl » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:33 am

Wilma sure does not look to bad this morning on the first good visale. Looks like the center is just about ready to move off the ne coast of the YP. It appears over the last several hours to have become somewhat more symetrical. Thoughts and comments welcomed.

Robert 8-)

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#3489 Postby littlevince » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:37 am

Image


Opinions about the last radar picture ?
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#3490 Postby CHRISTY » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:40 am

WOW looks incredibly organized over land... this storm is something else!
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#3491 Postby artist » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:41 am

radar appears to have gone out at 12:54 this morning. no new images after that
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#3492 Postby Bgator » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:42 am

artist wrote:radar appears to have gone out at 12:54 this morning. no new images after that

LAst image was at 940PM EDT...
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#3493 Postby ronjon » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:45 am

Wilma drifting N-NE now. Looks to be just SW of Cancun. Amazingly, the storm structure still looks symmetrical and there is a nice outflow pattern with fan-shape cirrus indicating an anticyclone over top of the storm from VIS SAT. Given these conditions and her entering the GOM within 6-8 hrs, I wouldn't rule out rapid intensification over the next 24 hours.

http://flhurricane.com/imageanimator.php?12
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#3494 Postby Stratosphere747 » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:45 am

I'm not sure where people are seeing the movement. Looks to be stationary and may for the most part be on the peninsula for a good chunk of the day.
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#3495 Postby WindRunner » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:45 am

Looks like she might be perfecting herself for some more strengthening than predicted over the gulf, maybe back to a Cat 4 even.
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#3496 Postby gtalum » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:47 am

Stratosphere747 wrote:I'm not sure where people are seeing the movement. Looks to be stationary and may for the most part be on the peninsula for a good chunk of the day.


it's the wobble crew again. She took a one-frame wobble NE. The next frame will be NW again. It's the same argument from last night.
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#3497 Postby littlevince » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:47 am

artist wrote:radar appears to have gone out at 12:54 this morning. no new images after that


No, it has updated right now. 13:29 GMT
But is amazing how this radar is still working ... and online !
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#3498 Postby Stratosphere747 » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:49 am

gtalum wrote:
Stratosphere747 wrote:I'm not sure where people are seeing the movement. Looks to be stationary and may for the most part be on the peninsula for a good chunk of the day.


it's the wobble crew again. She took a one-frame wobble N. The next frame will be NW again. It's the same argument from last night.


Agree...

I'll go with the "drift" crew...;)

Still can't believe what people have endured in the area.
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#3499 Postby x-y-no » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:52 am

Interesting ... the 0Z ECMWF is way south - actually taking it through the lower Keys and the Florida Straits. Can't quite see it going that sharply east myself ...
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#3500 Postby storms in NC » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 am

From the NHC at 7 AM

(WILMA IS DRIFTING NORTHWARD... AND A CONTINUED SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION
IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF WILMA WILL CONTINUE
TO SEVERELY POUND PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN
PENINSULA ALL DAY TODAY.)
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