[BC] [RT] Wilma setting her sights on FLA...Ft. Myers

[Mike McCarthy]

The latest Hurricane Center discussion has Wilma as a Cat 5 storm with 175 
MPS winds.  NHC also observed she may have the lowest barometric pressure 
ever measured in an Atlantic storm. They're working to confirm that record.

882 MB...26.05 INCHES

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/191158.shtml?
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/190851.shtml

2005 now has three of the top 6 deepest storms ever seen in the Atlantic 
basin. The others are Andrew, the un-named storm in the 30's, and Gilbert.

Latest long range projection has the storm weakening and then targeting 
Southern Florida/Ft. Myers north of the Keys as a category 3 storm upon 
landfall.  HOWEVER, I would not want to be in the Keys as she goes by as 
the forecast track has the some of the worst winds going over the outermost 
keys and staying there for a while as she turns more even more easterly.

If you have stations across the southern 1/2 of FLA, time to place your 
disaster preparation plans into action. Land fall is expected sometime over 
the weekend.

MM

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