Caribbean system may become Tropical Storm Karen a. It will still continue to grow in size till it reach the gulf coast.

Karen forms, hurricane watches issued for Gulf coast.

Tropical Storm Karen heading for Gulf coast, landf.

Karen getting ripped apart before landfall.I have several long radar loops of Wilma available at, and a satellite image from shortly after landfall is shown below. intensity is color-coded, and dates are marked at 0000 UTC (the '24' marker is 0000 UTC on Oct 24, or 8pm EDT on Oct 23).Įight years ago today, Wilma plowed into the southern tip of Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. It went on to hit the Cozumel/Cancun area of the Yucatan peninsula as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, then turned sharply to the northeast with a bullseye on the Florida peninsula. Hurricane tracking maps, current sea temperatures, and more. On the morning of October 19th, Wilma smashed rapid intensification AND intensity records in the Atlantic when a reconnaissance plane found a central pressure of 882mb. Keep up with the latest hurricane watches and warnings with AccuWeathers Hurricane Center. To read the rest of that post, see Sandy strengthens to hurricane on approach to Jamaica odds of East Coast impact growĪnother significant hurricane anniversary is that of Hurricane Wilma in 2005. A scenario such as this would be devastating: a huge area with destructive winds, extensive inland flooding, possibly heavy snow on the west side, and severe coastal flooding and erosion.' with tropical storm to hurricane force winds covering every state between Virginia and Maine. ' The ominous forecast by last night’s ECMWF deterministic run places an incredibly strong cyclone off the New Jersey coast on Monday evening. Below is a clip from my blog post one year ago: Model guidance was coming into better agreement on a track that would bring Sandy into the New Jersey coast as a very large cyclone on October 29th, possibly not tropical, but still very potent.

Visible satellite image of Hurricane Sandy on the morning of October 24, 2012. By the morning of October 25th, it rapidly intensified to a Category 3 hurricane with 115mph winds as it made landfall on the southeastern coast of Cuba. One year ago this morning, Sandy intensified to a hurricane just south of Jamaica.

Wilma hurricane track