Originally posted by: Carbo
PSTFU with your little hurricane updates. If anyone is concerned they can turn on the Weather Channel.
THE INTENSITY FORECAST HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED. THE CURRENT
RAPID INTENSIFICATION AND FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BRING WILMA
TO CATEGORY FOUR STATUS IN THE NEXT 24 HR...AND IT WOULD NOT BE A
SURPRISE TO SEE IT REACH CATEGORY FIVE BEFORE IT BOTTOMS OUT.
HOWEVER...SSM/I DATA SHOWS THAT THE CONVECTION WITH THE EYEWALL
COVERS A VERY SMALL AREA...WITH A DISTINCT DRY MOAT ALREADY PRESENT
OUTSIDE THE EYEWALL. OUTSIDE OF THAT IS A BROKEN CONVECTIVE BAND
THAT AIRCRAFT DATA SHOWS IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTER WIND MAXIMUM.
THUS...IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT WILMA WILL GO THROUGH A CONCENTRIC
EYEWALL CYCLE DURING THE NEXT 24-48 HR...AND SINCE THE INNER EYE IS
SO SMALL THERE COULD BE NOTABLE WEAKENING UNTIL THE OUTER EYEWALL
CONTRACTS. SINCE THESE CYCLES ARE HARD TO TIME...THE INTENSITY
FORECAST WILL HOLD AT 125 KT FROM 24-48 HR. WHEN WILMA MOVES INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO...IT SHOULD ENCOUNTER SLIGHTLY COOLER SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND GRADUALLY INCREASING VERTICAL SHEAR. THIS
SHOULD CAUSE A SLOW WEAKENING...ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLE THAT WILMA
WILL STILL BE A MAJOR HURRICANE WHEN IT REACHES THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA.
Originally posted by: minus1972
damnit I'm going to Miami this weekend.
A damn beautiful storm, usually a near-perfect cicle with an eye satellites can literally see down in to. Unfortunately, such storms tend to screw up a lot of stuff if they land like that.Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
What does a Super Saiyan 5 look like?
Originally posted by: ViRGE
A damn beautiful storm, usually a near-perfect cicle with an eye satellites can literally see down in to. Unfortunately, such storms tend to screw up a lot of stuff if they land like that.Originally posted by: AbsolutZero
What does a Super Saiyan 5 look like?
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Holy ******! She's gone Super Saiyan 4 already! 901mb pressure! She's going to be 5 by morning.
No specific reason, Super Saiyan is just a way of describing the storm in a slightly lighter tone.Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
You know, why is there DBZ references with a hurricane named Wilma???
Originally posted by: ViRGE
She's already more powerful than Katrina. 5mb more and she'll surpass Rita too, and that seems likely.
She could pull a Gilbert, she's in the right spot to do it.Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: ViRGE
She's already more powerful than Katrina. 5mb more and she'll surpass Rita too, and that seems likely.
If the pressure drops much more we could be looking at the strongest storm in history.
Originally posted by: ViRGE
No specific reason, Super Saiyan is just a way of describing the storm in a slightly lighter tone.Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
You know, why is there DBZ references with a hurricane named Wilma???
She'll probably top out before she reaches Florida, and she certainly won't be gaining strength at that point.Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Tampa here, anyone think we will get jacked up a bit. Im hoping it hits south of here, but at the size that thing is now, it looks like it could be another major hurricane.
Isn't it expected to GAIN strength when it really gets into the gulf? If its already at 901mb.... wow?
In 5mb she will break Gilbert's record and become the most powerful hurricane ever recorded.Originally posted by: Eli
Holy sh!t! She's deepening fast! :Q
She was just barely a hurricane thismorning.. :Q
Originally posted by: ViRGE
And holy ****** again, 892mb and 175mph winds. That means she's gone Super Saiyan 5!