Talk:2005 Atlantic hurricane season/Wilma

message: Yet another amazing thing: Wilma and Gilbert, the two strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded (though admittedly records only go back a few decades at best) might end up making landfall in the exact same location. Jdorje 04:19, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, even if they do make a same first landfall location, their second landfall locations would be fairly different -Tcwd (talk) 20:20, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I know why we don't have pics on the discussion pages -- too much of a nuisance to get it to "look right."  But the full-size version of the WV pic was most impressive and I had to share.  B.Wind 20:49, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I wish some people would wait more than 12 seconds before reverting a work in progress... B.Wind 16:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Then do all your work in one edit.  The show preview button is your friend. --Holderca1 18:04, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wilma landfall

message: I have a question for the terminologists.  Suppose the center of Wilma's eye crosses Lake Okeechobee.  When the center goes over land on the other side, would that make it Wilma's fourth landfall? B.Wind 08:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think they count freshwater bodies of water like Okeechobee.  Besides, from what I've seen, the eye appears to be bigger than the lake. Donovan Ravenhull 14:38, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

text: It's a moot point -- the center of the eye passed south of the lake. B.Wind (at a downtown Miami computer) 17:22, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course a 4th landfall is possible - in Nova Scotia... CrazyC83 16:57, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 4th Landfall

message: Noticed someone had updated the ACE numbers for Wilma, the calculations were off a bit.  Posting a table below with the numbers for each advisory.  The incorrect numbers that were posted were higher than the actual numbers so I suspect that the individual either included intermediate advisories or used wind speeds in mph.  These calcs use wind speeds in knots from the full advisories. --Holderca1 15:24, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does the article continue to say that Wilma's ACE is current as of yesterday's second advisory when it's been updated through today's?--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 03:56, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't even realize that there was such a reference in the article. --Holderca1 04:05, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

text: That is hard to say, she has been moving slowly as a Cat 4/5 for the last couple days.  She is forecast to weaken and accelerate, so hard to tell at this point.  --Holderca1 20:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

text: There were a couple of errors relating to windspeeds from advisories 15 (18/10/2005 11pm EDT)and 17 (19/10/2005 11am EDT), now corrected. Tompw 11:15, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure what errors you were referring to, you changed 5 am EDT, Oct 19, when it should be 150 kts from adv 16  --Holderca1 14:28, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've realised what happened... I was comparing a list of wind strength by advisory, and I forgot that #15 was an "extra". Hence my error. Btw, do we include wind speeds from Wilma when it's in extra-tropical storm status? Tompw 15:32, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Aren't advisories discontinued by the NHC when it becomes extratropical? --Holderca1 16:08, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  See my comment on Alpha's ACE calculations. Tompw 22:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

text:  Also... even it's extra-tropical, do we still include the wind speeds in the ACE? I know the NHC doesn't issue advisories, but someone else does (can't remember who). Tompw 15:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Though Katrina has the money crown and is duking it out with Stan over death toll honors,Wilma,besides the low pressure record and three-way peak wind speed tie,has grabbed the season ACE championship and is still going.How does she rank all-time for ACE for one hurricane?(I hope I am not tempting fate by assuming the titles I accord here will not be surpassed by season's end).--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 21:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ivan had an ACE of close to 70 last year (there's a link from the ACE page), courtesy its long trek from Africa, so Wilma has a long way to go to beat last year's champ. I bet Ivan would be quite close to the record for the champ.
In advisory 43, the hurricane was just becoming extratropical and I think it should be counted in the ACE index.
 INITIAL      25/2100Z 41.7N  62.8W    75 KT ←not yet declared extratropical
  12HR VT     26/0600Z 44.5N  57.9W    60 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
Momoko 09:28, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ACE calcs

message: What is the 411 on Wilma and the Nor'easter? Snow fall? Rain fall? Any damage? I know flight cancellations.  How severe are this two together? tdwuhs
:Wilma just made the nor'easter even worse. Similar to the Perfect Storm, a hurricane and a nor'easter merged. But unlike the Perfect Storm, it didn't stall, strengthen or have a fresh cold front to stir the pot. -- Hurricane Eric - my dropsonde 14:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wilma and Nor'easter