Segundo o último boletim do NHC, confirma-se absorção da depresão tropical Alpha pelo furacão Wilma.
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL
AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS
OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM
THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON
SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.
BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1115 UTC.
...SPECIAL FEATURES...
HURRICANE WILMA IS CENTERED NEAR 26.1N 81.0W...OR ABOUT 30 NM
ENE OF EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA...AT 24/1200 UTC MOVING NE 20 KT.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WIND SPEED IS 105 KT WITH GUSTS TO 130 KT... MAKING WILMA A
MAJOR CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY
UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT4/WTNT24 KNHC AND THE PUBLIC
ADVISORY UNDER HEADERS MIATCPAT4/WTNT34 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS.
WILMA MADE LANDFALL VERY NEAR CAPE ROMANO FLORIDA...JUST S OF
MARCO ISLAND...AT 630 PM EDT. DEEP CONVECTION HAS INTENSIFIED
AROUND THE ENTIRE CORE OF THE HURRICANE OVER THE PAST FEW
HOURS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS S FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO...MOVING OFF INTO
THE ATLC BY LATE AFTERNOON.
ALPHA IS LIFTING N OF
THE BAHAMAS WHILE GENERATING A FEW BURSTS OF CONVECTION. WIDELY
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 23N-30N BETWEEN 70W-75W.
ALPHA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE CIRCULATION OF
HURRICANE WILMA OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WITHIN 24 HRS