Wilma set to enter Gulf as tropical storm
Posted By Matt Bramanti On 17th October 2005 @ 03:33 In Weather | No Comments
I just took Ranger One, LST’s smuggling [1] hurricane reconnaissance aircraft out for a spin around the Caymans, and it’s not looking good out there. Tropical Depression #24, currently hovering over the western Caribbean, is expected to strenghten into Tropical Storm Wilma today. Unfortunately, the National Hurricane Center has it heading into the Gulf later this week:
Maybe we’ll get to see whether Ray Nagin learned anything.
Here’s the [2] NHC’s take. Here’s the [3] skinny from the Weather Channel. Weather Underground puts Wilma on track to [4] graze the Yucatan, though the [5] models suggest otherwise.
Wilma is the last name on the [6] Center’s 2005 list. If more storms develop, they’ll be named [7] frat-boy style. Thus, the season’s 22nd storm would be named Alpha, just to remind us all that the NHC is a government organization.
Stay tuned to LST’s SuperDopplerStormTrackerSkyWatch coverage, where we don’t have to [8] fake it.
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[1] hurricane reconnaissance aircraft: http://photos1.blogger.com/img/111/4174/640/000_0001.jpg
[2] NHC: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/170557.shtml
[3] skinny: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news
[4] graze the Yucatan: http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524_5day.html
[5] models suggest otherwise: http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524_model.html
[6] Center’s 2005 list: http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/2005names.htm
[7] frat-boy style: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/19/storm.names/
[8] fake it: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17874_About_Staged_Video_Stunts�
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