It looks like hurricane Wilma has finally moved off the Yucatan peninsula, which has been hit very hard over the last couple of days. Now it is heading for Florida at a stately pace of 2 miles an hour (4 km/h). Wilma hung around over the Yucatan about a day and a half longer than the NOAA expected.
The hurricane is slowly gaining strength again as it passes over the Gulf of Mexico, and is expected to increase in wind velocity from the present 100 miles an hour to about 110 mph when it passes over me here in Orlando. The chart above shows that it should hit Florida as a category 2 or 3 storm late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
Here's the latest visible-light satellite image of Wilma:
...and the latest infrared image:
I will be liveblogging this, my first hurricane, as long as I have an internet connection. If there is any damage nearby, I'll take pictures of it and post them here.
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Take care Ed.
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