Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Tue Oct 18 2005 07:52 PM
Re: Vortex message

Quote:

pressure has dropped 16mb in a little over 3 hours.
whoops......actually it was Gilbert.
Gilbert with small eye




"The aircraft reports that the central pressure is falling rapidly... and Wilma is expected to
become a major hurricane later tonight or on Wednesday."

I've never seen the NHC say anything like that in a public advisory. They've said it in discussions before, but in a public advisory they are usually less dramatic.

I must say, if you move Wilma a bit further north, you pretty much have a satellite signature like Gilbert.