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Tropical Storm WILMA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM WILMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2005
 
...WILMA BEGINS TO DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HONDURAS FROM THE
HONDURAS/NICARAGUA BORDER WESTWARD TO CABO CAMARON.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
WILMA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN INTENSE HURRICANE IN THE NORTHWESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA.  ALL INTERESTS IN WESTERN CUBA...THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA...THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WILMA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM WILMA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.2 WEST OR ABOUT 245 MILES
...400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN AND ABOUT 210 MILES...
335 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CABO GRACIAS A DIOS ON THE NICARAGUA
/HONDURAS BORDER.
 
WILMA HAS BEEN DRIFTING NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS...AND A SLOW MOTION TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...STEERING CURRENTS REMAIN
WEAK AND ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WILMA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TODAY.
 
REPORTS FROM NOAA BUOY 42057 INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH WILMA ARE EXPANDING...AND NOW EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 125 MILES ...200 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...JAMAICA...HAITI...AND SOUTHEASTERN
CUBA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE OVER HONDURAS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...15.9 N... 80.2 W.  MOVEMENT
...DRIFTING NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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