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Wilma Category 5: Lowest Pressure Ever

Posted by Stuart Staniford on October 19, 2005 - 5:42am
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: gas prices, hubbert peak, hurricanes, oil prices, peak oil [list all tags]

...AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE REPORTED 884 MB...THE LOWEST MINIMUM PRESSURE EVER MEASURED IN A HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN... -- NHC
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...280 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
Their view on the track is still pretty much the same:

Here's what the models show:

But notice how the hurricane itself has shifted to a more westerly direction. Judge for yourself:





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