L8models
10-19-2005, 08:52 AM
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Hurricane Wilma has rapidly gained strength overnight and is now a category 5 storm! A recon plane found a pressure of 892 mb around 2:30 this morning, then 884 mb around 5 a.m., ranking Wilma as the most intense hurricane to ever be recorded in the Atlantic basin! Wilma is packing winds over 175 mph, with higher gusts. Accuweather.com Senior Hurricane Expert Joe Bastardi says Wilma is a very compact storm, with an eye just 4 miles wide.
Wilma is being blamed for one death after it struck Jamaica as a tropical depression on Sunday. The storm's outer bands are already bringing rain, wind and strong surf to the Atlantic coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua. The two nations and Guatemala are still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Stan. Nearly 800 people died, and many remain missing. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has declared a "maximum alert", while Nicaragua has mobilized army, police and rescue workers.
FULL STORY (http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-weathernews.asp)
Hurricane Wilma has rapidly gained strength overnight and is now a category 5 storm! A recon plane found a pressure of 892 mb around 2:30 this morning, then 884 mb around 5 a.m., ranking Wilma as the most intense hurricane to ever be recorded in the Atlantic basin! Wilma is packing winds over 175 mph, with higher gusts. Accuweather.com Senior Hurricane Expert Joe Bastardi says Wilma is a very compact storm, with an eye just 4 miles wide.
Wilma is being blamed for one death after it struck Jamaica as a tropical depression on Sunday. The storm's outer bands are already bringing rain, wind and strong surf to the Atlantic coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua. The two nations and Guatemala are still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Stan. Nearly 800 people died, and many remain missing. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has declared a "maximum alert", while Nicaragua has mobilized army, police and rescue workers.
FULL STORY (http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-weathernews.asp)