Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin and the second-most intense tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere, both based on barometric pressure, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015.
Wilma was a classic October hurricane which struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on October 24th, 2005. Wilma developed from a tropical depression near Jamaica, a typical source region for October tropical cyclones, on the afternoon of October 15, 2005.
A forecast track for Hurricane Wilma on October 19, which indicated a landfall in Florida on October 22. In actuality, Wilma struck Florida on October 24. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued many tropical cyclone warnings and watches in anticipation of Wilma.
Wilma became a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on the 18th. Later that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. On the 19th it became a category 5 hurricane, and its minimum central pressure dropped to an estimated 882 mb...while its very small eye was centered about 365 miles southeast of Cozumel.
By Oct. 15, a depression had formed, and just several days later, Tropical Storm Wilma was born on Oct. 17, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). What happened next was something...
Hurricane Wilma moved across the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico and southern Florida peninsula during the morning hours of Monday, 24 October 2005, bringing hurricane-force winds to the Florida Keys and the highest storm surge observed in the Keys since Hurricane Betsy, on 8 September 1965.
In 2005, Hurricane Wilma caused destruction and chaos in Mexico, Cuba, and Florida. This article takes a look back at the unpredictable and devastating impact of one of the most intense storms ever recorded. Wilma also featured some of the most rapid intensification ever seen in a hurricane.
Early on October 24, Wilma attained major hurricane status while located about 120 miles (190 km) west-southwest of Key West, Florida. It gradually became better organized, with the large 50 miles (80 km) eye becoming very distinct on satellite and radar imagery.
In the early morning hours of October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma came ashore on Florida’s Gulf coast. The storm had set records and then ravaged the Yucatan Peninsula prior to this final landfall, but it still had plenty of power left to inflict great damage on southern Florida.
Wilma emerged into the southern Gulf of Mexico around 0000 UTC 23 October, with maximum winds of near 85 kt. Although Wilma’s intensity had been reduced due to its passage over land, it was still a large and powerful hurricane.