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We have a W - Greek Alphabet is next.

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/170826.shtml

2005 is now tied for most active hurricane season on record with the 1933 season.

We have over 40 days to go. In those same 40 days, 1933 saw three more hurricanes (on October 25, 26 and November 15 - their 21st storm back then).

Need I mention that 2003 saw two december tropical storms?

I wouldn't be surprised if we reach at the very least Gamma, if not Delta, Epsilon or Zeta.
 
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America has but one W, and that's exactly our problem.

So a W in the Atlantic can't bode well.

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One, this new edit box thing is absolutely incredible. I'm loving it. Two, the current target track for Wilma puts it hitting the Gulf Coast in about seven to ten days. Wheeeee.
 
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So I noticed. Let's pray this one'll be our R-II and not our K-II, uh?
 
...and the predictions are still going up.

100 KT is now the baseline prediction (and those tend to be low for Gulf storms).

The wind table give 25% chance of a C-3, 25% chance of a C-4+ on Thursday. That's about what they gave three days ahead for K and R, too.

The blessing, if a blessing it is, is that she looks like she'll veer back east, so MAY only score glancing blows (instead of direct hits) on most mainland area (and, thankfully, leave NOLA alone). If luck is with us she'll actually follow an inverted-Rita road, and sneak over the Keys and into the Atlantic.

If luck isn't with us, Florida is in for some fun.
 
My Grandma's name was Wilma. I remember seeing it on the list in '93. I never thought I'd see a Wilma. Well, I got to see a Tropical Storm Wilma before I turn twenty-one.

Here's a note. What about next year? Could we have another blockbuster season with monsters like Katrina? Only time will tell.

Side note: October is already double it's seasonal average.
 
That was a sarcastic "fun", Barb :-p

And looks like you'll need those shutters with the 11 PM predictions just in.
 
I must apologise, but it's now Category 5.

This is starting to become a rather exceptional season.
 
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That was a sarcastic "fun", Barb :-p

And looks like you'll need those shutters with the 11 PM predictions just in.
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I know. It looks like it's going to turn and possibly hit the Gulf Coast first, and hopefully weaken before it reaches my side of the state.
 
Wilma is one HUGE hurricane. Be careful out there, Barb. We're all praying for you and your family.
 
There's something immoral about buying TS futures on Wilma?
 
Some would say that.

Wilma has basically stopped and continues to ravage. Any guess as to how long it will take for that trough to kick the storm into the gulf and towards Florida.
 
I think most of South Florida is in a holding pattern right now. The weather's been cloudy and rainy all day long. Wilma's been predicted to hit anywhere between Miami and the Treasure Coast by Saturday or Sunday, depending on how long she stays over the Yucatan Peninsula.

It's going to be a long weekend.
 
I saw the path of this thing, looks like it's going to head up the East Coast, thankfully though it will stay away from Maryland if it stays on its current projected path. Anyway, best wishes to those that are going to have to brave this storm.
 
This is not looking good. Wilma is back over the gulf and is already showing signs of strengthing and that tiny eye is back. They're hoping dry air can work into the storm to keep it from at least not strengthening. However, I've in the watervapor maps and the outflow of the Hurricane is forming a buffer zone to protect the Hurricane we'll have to see what happens today as Wilma excelerates.
 
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