Kraig
(Weather Hobbyist)
Sat Oct 05 2024 06:17 PM
Re: Milton Lounge

The set up to Wilma was very similar, except since it was the last week of October the front pushing down the state (and the High behind the front) was much stronger. I live in Jupiter on the SE coast where Wilma re-entered the Atlantic. Immediately as the storm was past us, the NW winds brought temps in to the 60's that afternoon and lows that night into the high 40s. Lows in the Tampa area are shown to drop to the low 60's Thurs-Sun with 50's north of about Cedar Key. Wilma also had a forward speed that was near or over 30mph to the NE! Because of the forward speed and, high water levels that were very warm in the everglades and minimal terrain to disrupt the winds, Wilma was still questionably a 115mph Cat 3 (officially I think they could only prove 105mph though) leaving Florida down from 120mph at landfall.


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