There has never been a hurricane like Wilma before. With an unbelievable round of intensification that saw the pressure drop 85 mb in just 12 hours, Wilma smashed the all-time record for lowest pressure in an Atlantic hurricane this morning. The 4 am hurricane hunter report put the pressure at 884 mb from a dropsonde, and the meteorologist reported an even lower 881 mb pressure extrapolated from 10,000 feet flight altitude. This easily bests the previous record of 888 mb set in Hurricane Gilbert of 1988. The eye of Wilma during this round of intense deepening oscillated between 2 and 4 nautical miles, and the area of hurricane force winds only covered an area up to 15 miles from the center. This is an incredibly compact, amazingly intense hurricane, the likes of which has never been seen. The Hurricane Season of 2005 keeps topping itself with new firsts, and now boasts three of the five most intense hurricanes of all time--Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

Para quien se defienda con el ingles, interesante texto sacado de un blog de meteo

Te cito de nuevo, porque se está haciendo historia una vez más... Este año es increíble...

There has never been a hurricane like Wilma before. With an unbelievable round of intensification that saw the pressure drop 85 mb in just 12 hours, Wilma smashed the all-time record for lowest pressure in an Atlantic hurricane this morning. The 4 am hurricane hunter report put the pressure at 884 mb from a dropsonde, and the meteorologist reported an even lower 881 mb pressure extrapolated from 10,000 feet flight altitude. This easily bests the previous record of 888 mb set in Hurricane Gilbert of 1988. The eye of Wilma during this round of intense deepening oscillated between 2 and 4 nautical miles, and the area of hurricane force winds only covered an area up to 15 miles from the center. This is an incredibly compact, amazingly intense hurricane, the likes of which has never been seen. The Hurricane Season of 2005 keeps topping itself with new firsts, and now boasts three of the five most intense hurricanes of all time--Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

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Ultima hora!!! En EEUU, estan muy perplejos, creen que este Huracan es anormal. No os extrañeis que los americanos se inventen una nueva categoria.

Discusión del National Hurricane Center del NOA: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/191459.shtml

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HURRICANE WILMA DISCUSSION NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2005

THE NEXT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL REACH WILMA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE
SATELLITE PRESENTATION...ALTHOUGH THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS HAVE
WARMED A BIT.  THE INTENSITY ESTIMATE WILL BE HELD AT 150 KT
PENDING FURTHER RECONNAISSANCE DATA.  AT THIS POINT...THE BEST
ESTIMATE FOR THE MINIMUM PRESSURE IS A BLEND OF THE 881 MB
EXTRAPOLATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE 884 MB FROM AN EYE DROP THAT
SPLASHED IN 23 KT WINDS.  THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A DISTINCT OUTER
WIND MAXIMUM AND MICROWAVE DATA SHOW A FORMATIVE OUTER EYEWALL.
EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES WILL HAVE A STRONG INFLUENCE ON THE
INTENSITY OF WILMA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT THESE ARE
IMPOSSIBLE TO TIME AND ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST.
ONCE WILMA ENTERS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO UPPER-LEVEL
CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS IDEAL AS THEY ARE NOW AND SOME WEAKENING
IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT WILMA WILL STILL BE A
FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES FLORIDA.  AFTER THAT...AS
WILMA INTERACTS WITH A MID-LATITUDE UPPER-LOW...THE WIND FIELD OF
WILMA IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND CONSIDERABLY...AND EVEN GLOBAL MODELS
ARE SHOWING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WITH THE SYSTEM AT 5 DAYS.

PRONOUNCED TROCHOIDAL OSCILLATIONS ARE BEING SUPERIMPOSED ON A MEAN
MOTION OF 300/6.  THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST
TRACK THROUGH 96 HOURS.  HOWEVER...RECENT RUNS OF THE GFS AND
NOGAPS ARE SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY OF A THREAT TO NEW ENGLAND.
IN THIS SCENARIO...WILMA BECOMES CAPTURED BY A LARGE MID- TO
UPPER-LEVEL LOW FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION IN
FOUR DAYS.  THE ECMWF AND IN PARTICULAR THE UKMET...BOTH OLDER
RUNS...DO NOT YET INDICATE THIS.  THE FIVE-DAY OFFICIAL FORECAST
POINT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE LEFT AND FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS
ADVISORY...BUT IS STILL MUCH FARTHER OFFSHORE OF NEW ENGLAND THAN
THE GFDL...GFS...AND NOGAPS GUIDANCE.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN

que bonito es 

HURACAN WILMA ADVERTENCIA NUMERO  17
NWS TCP/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL


WILMA SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL OESTE NOROESTE A CERCA DE 7 MPH...12
KM/HR. SE ESPERA UN GIRO HACIA EL NOROESTE DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24
HORAS.

LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS ESTAN CERCA DE 175 MPH...280
KILOMETROS POR HORA...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES.WILMA ES UN HURACAN
CATASTROFICO DE CATEGORIA CINCO EN LA ESCALA SAFFIR SIMPSON.
ALGUNAS FLUCTUACIONES EN INTENSIDAD SON ANTICIPADOS DURANTE LAS
PROXIMAS 24 HORAS.  
  
LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE HURACAN SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 50
MILLAS...85 KILOMETROS...DEL CENTRO...Y LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE
TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 160 MILLAS...260
KILOMETROS.  

LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA SE ESTIMA EN 882 MILIBARAS...26.05
PULGADAS.

SE ESPERA QUE WILMA PRODUZCA ACUMULACIONES ADICIONALES DE LLUVIA DE
10 A 15 PULGADAS CON CANTIDADES AISLADAS DE 25 PULGADAS EN LAS AREAS
MONTANOSAS DE CUBA HASTA EL VIERNES. CANTIDADES ADICIONALES DE
LLUVIA DE 5 A 10 PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES LOCALES DE 15 PULGADAS
SON POSIBLES SOBRE LAS ISLAS CAYMAN...SWAN ISLAND...Y JAMAICA HASTA
EL JUEVES. ACUMULACIONES TOTALES DE TORMENTA DE 4 A 6 PULGADAS...CON
CANTIDADES AISLADAS DE 8 A 12 PULGADAS...SON POSIBLES SOBRE HONDURAS
AL NORTE HASTA LA PENINSULA DE YUCATAN DE MEXICO HASTA EL JUEVES.

REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 11 AM EDT...17.4 NORTE...LONGITUD 83.2
OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...OESTE-NOROESTE A CERCA DE 7 MPH.
VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS... 175 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA... 882
MB.
UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE
HURACANES A LAS 2 PM SEGUIDO POR LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A
LAS 5 PM EDT.

alguien que sepa esa de las pulgadas , 25 dicen... cuanto es esa barbaridar ?