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Wima Moves Off the Yucatan

Wilma is moving off the Yucatan, and drawing a bead onto Florida. Eric Berger believes that wilma followed the worst scenario, by stalling over the peninsula.

My worst fears for Wilma are being realized in Mexico. The storm's going to bring 36 hours of category-4 hurricane winds to the eastern half of the Yucatan peninsula. The storm has almost stopped, which will compound the problem by adding more rain. The wetter ground means virtually no trees will be left standing.

And don't look now, but Alpha may form in a couple of days over the Eastern Caribbean. Even if the system does develop, it's not expected to threaten the United States.

He is a little off the mark about Alpha though. At 5:30 CDT the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm. They ran out of names!

ABNT20 KNHC 222115
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE WILMA...LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANCUN MEXICO AND ABOUT 405 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA...AND ON NEWLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM ALPHA...LOCATED ABOUT 210 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNDAY.

PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ALPHA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO
HEADER WTNT35 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT5. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT25 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT5.

FORECASTER BEVEN

posted by Liberty @ 4:42 PM