October 19, 2005. The world of "Wilma" according to Cancun News Agency.
There is an article in the title above from the "Grand Forks Herald" reporting from Honduras. I don't think the Cancun Weather Service has the corner on the path of this storm either. If one looks at this very dynamic storm the 'eye' currently other than being small, also wobbles. A lot of forces at work. I chose this article because I am concerned about the islanders as well as those on the Yucatan peninsula on a very rare visit by a Cat 5 storm to this area. This massive storm does not usually reach these velocities until in the Gulf or when they come from the open Atlantic. It's a worry and all the countries in the area need to provide high ground for the people of the coast.
WEATHER: Bracing for WilmaStorm ties record, as 12th hurricane of the seasonBy Freddy CuevasAssociated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Hurricane Wilma whirled into the record books Tuesday as the 12th such storm of the season, on course to sideswipe Central America or Mexico and looming as a "significant threat" to Florida by the weekend.
Forecasters warned that Wilma was "a major hurricane" that likely was to rake Honduras and the Cayman Islands before turning toward the narrow Yucatan Channel between Cuba and Mexico's Cancun region - then move into the storm-weary Gulf.
The hurricane's outer bands brought rain, high winds and heavy surf to the Atlantic coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua, but Honduran emergency officials said they had not yet ordered any evacuations.
By 6 p.m., the hurricane was centered about 180 miles south of Grand Cayman Island, and it was moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 8 mph, according to the Hurricane Center.
Wilma already was blamed for one death in Jamaica as a tropical depression Sunday.
