| typhoon_tip |
| (Meteorologist) |
| Mon Oct 24 2005 03:16 PM |
Re: New warning?
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Wow, what a wild ride, we have no power but we've got a generator and dialup so here i am...it is so cold here now, must be 56? Hard to tell since being in FL anything below 70 feels like a blizzard. People really did not prepare enough for this one--when are we gonna learn? maybe 50 percent of my neighbors put up shutters. downtown WPB is a mess. Gusts had to have been about 90 for us at times...
Congrats! You made it in one piece... Things will definitely be calming down very quickly in the next couple of hours as her outer most circulation edge is moving NE at fantastic speeds...
Some in your area said that the wind calmed down a little, but then curiously got strong again when the sun came out... This is expected... The sun heated the surface a little and caused and expansion of the mixing layer, which mixed the momentum of the gradient level down... If this happened in your area, it won't last much longer because even the gradient level winds are fast decreasing in velocity as Wilma screams away...